Marion Football

Perkins reaches 100 wins at Marion

Marion High School football coach Tony Perkins won his 100th game at the school Friday night when the Indians blanked Mount Pleasant, 40-0, in the season opener at Thomas Park.

Perkins, 51, has compiled a 100-37 record in 14 years at Marion. He has won six district titles and made the playoffs eight times, the most in school history.

"It is a great honor to coach long enough to reach 100 games, but it is the athletes and coaches I have worked with that made it special," said Perkins. "The credit goes to all of those quality young men and coaches."

Perkins has an overall record of 155-83 in 25 years as a head coach at CAL Community High School (three years), MOC-Floyd Valley (eight years) and Marion.

Defense shines as Marion stuffs Mount Pleasant

If the Decorah Vikings sent a spy to Thomas Park Friday to get the scoop on Marion's new spread passing attack, he undoubtedly went home with an empty notebook.

The Marion Indians stuck to the basics and squashed Mount Pleasant, 40-0, in a non-district game to open the 2013 football campaign.

Coach Tony Perkins wants to throw the ball this season, but the Indians rushed the ball 48 times for 328 yards and threw only nine times against the out-matched Panthers.

"All in all," Perkins said philosophically, "you go back to what you do best."

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Marion football games delayed 1 hour

Marion High School's football games against Mount Pleasant Friday night at Thomas Park will start one hour later than scheduled due to the heat, the school announced Thursday morning.

The sophomore game is now scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and the quarters will be shortened to eight minutes.

The varsity game is now scheduled to begin at approximately 8 p.m.

'Air Marion' could be taking flight

The Marion Indians ended the 2012 football season with a 28-13 loss to DeWitt Central in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs on Oct. 29.

Almost immediately, Marion quarterback Trevor Hardman began preparing for the 2013 campaign.

"I kept throwing, even though the season was over last year," Hardman said Tuesday afternoon. "I kept throwing and kept throwing. I really haven't stopped throwing since the fall."

That could be a harbinger of things to come for the Indians, who relied primarily on their running game the last three seasons.

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