Marion Girls Basketball

Waverly too strong for Marion girls

VINTON - The Marion girls’ Cinderella season ended early Tuesday night in the regional finals when a wicked first quarter against rugged Waverly–Shell Rock put them too far back to catch up.

Though the Indians scored the first basket of the game after a steal by Amanda Sahm and a sweet fast-break feed to fellow senior Michalyn Mohr, the Go-Hawks dominated from then on and won easily 46-32.

They led 15-3 after the first period. And while Marion cut the margin to seven at half, another drought in the third quarter pushed the deficit back to 13.

It was mostly fouls and free throws for the victors from that point on for the undefeated fifth-ranked team in Class 4A.

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Mia Laube wins Metro Spotlight Award

Mia Laube of Marion is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Laube is a member of a strong freshman class that has helped Marion High School reach the finals of the Class 4A regional basketball tournament. The 13th-ranked Indians (17-5) will face fifth-ranked Waverly-Shell Rock (22-0) in the regional finals Tuesday night at Vinton, with the winner advancing to the state tournament in Des Moines.

Laube matched her career-high with 21 points Saturday night when Marion defeated West Delaware, 63-48, in the regional semifinals. She also had 21 points earlier this season against Benton Community.

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No.13 Indians roar by West Delaware

The 13th-ranked Marion girls basketball team poured in eleven 3-pointers Saturday night and defeated West Delaware, 63-48, in the Class 4A regional semifinals at the Marion High School gym.

The Indians (17-5) will face fifth-ranked Waverly-Shell Rock in the regional finals Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Vinton for a spot in the state tournament.

Mia Laube hit three 3-pointers and led Marion with 21 points. Chloe Rice hit two triples and scored 16 points. Kaitlyn Smith popped in five 3-pointers and contributed 15 points. Laube, Rice and Smith are all freshmen.

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CPU girls trim Marion for title

CENTER POINT - Arika Wooldridge scored 24 points as the Center Point-Urbana girls basketball team trimmed Class 4A 13th-ranked Marion, 51-46, Tuesday to win the West Division title in the Wamac Conference.

Center Point-Urbana finished 13-1 in the division and Marion finished 11-3.

The Stormin’ Points (17-4) led 26-16 at halftime. The Indians fought back to tie the score at 46-46 with a minute to play, but Center Point-Urbana scored the last five points for the victory.

Chloe Rice scored 16 points and Mia Laube added 12 points for Marion (16-5).

MARION (46): Peyton 0 0-0 0, Rice 6 3-7 16, Smith 1 0-0 2, Sahm 3 2-7 8, Mohr 4 0-0 8, Laube 5 2-1 12, Sade 0 0-0 0, Jordan 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 7-17 46.

CENTER POINT-URBANA (51): Chandler 0 0-0 0, Dufoe 1 0-0 2, Allison Wooldridge 4 0-0 8, Hasleiet 1 0-0 2, Sisk 2 1-3 5, Brecht 4 1-3 10, Arika Wooldridge 7 8-17 24, Boevers 0 0-3 0, Holtz 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 10-26 51.

Halftime – Center Point-Urbana 26, Marion 16. 3-point goals – Marion 1 (Rice), Center Point-Urbana 3 (Arika Wooldrige 2, Brecht).