Marion Softball

Steepleton tosses 1-hitter for Marion

CENTRAL CITY - Alicia Steepleton pitched a one-hitter with six strikeouts Saturday as the Marion Indians blanked Central City, 11-0, at the Central City softball tournament.

Marion trimmed Midland, 6-5, and edged Clayton-Ridge, 4-3, to finish with a perfect 3-0 record at the tournament.

Haley Vanourney and Mahlia Brown went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs for Marion against Central City. Bayley Fuller also had two RBIs. Brown hit two doubles.

Camryn Cannoy pitched a complete game to get the victory against Midland. Haley Dullea, Vanourney, Brown and Madison Wilson had RBIs for the Indians.

Steepleton pitched her second complete game in the tournament against Clayton Ridge. Wilson went 2-for-2 in the contest. Dullea and Wilson had RBIs.

Game 1

Marion        326 00 - 11 10 0
Central City  000 00 - 0 1 6

Steepleton and Blazek. Coghlan and Applehans. W - Steepleton. L - Coghlan. 2B - Blazek, Brown 2, Vanourney, Whitney. 3B - Fuller. SB - Cannoy, Dullea.

Game 2

Midland    013 01 - 5 8 1
Marion     040 2x - 6 4 1

Paulsen and Gnade. Cannoy and Blazek. W - Cannoy. L - Paulsen. 2B - Gruenwald, Brown. SB - Fuller 2, Blazek, Vanourney 2, Glovik.

Game 3

Clayton-Ridge    100 020 0 - 3 6 0
Marion              021 010 x - 4 4 1

Smith and Vonhandorf. Steepleton and Blazek. W - Steepleton. L - Smith. 2B - Heitman, Meyers. 3B - Fuller, Wilson. SB - Heitman 2, Cannoy, Dullea.

Linn-Mar tops Marion in softball

Maddy Ryan pitched a six-hit shutout Friday night as Linn-Mar defeated Marion, 5-0, in a girls softball game at the Linn-Mar field.

Christina Lincoln went 2-for-3 and collected an RBI for the Lions. Ryan had a triple and two RBIs. Katie Sommer went 2-for-4.

Ryan raised her record to 3-0.

Marion     000 000 0 - 0 6 1

Linn-Mar   210 200 x - 5 7 1

Steepleton and Blazek. Ryan and Kr.Sommer. W - Ryan (3-0). L - Steepleton.

5 Metro girls make all-district softball

Five players from Metro high schools have been named to the 2013 Iowa Girls Coaches Association all-district softball teams.

Alyssa Olson and Maddie Hansen, the battery that helped Jefferson reach the state tournament, have been selected for the Class 5A East team.

Erin Drahozal of Xavier, Sydney Galligan of Xavier and Beth Knapp of Marion have been named to the Class 4A Northeast squad.

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4 Indians make all-Wamac softball

Four Marion High School players have been named to the Wamac Conference West Division all-star softball team for the 2013 season.

Outfielder Beth Knapp was named first team all-conference. Infielder Lauren Rausch was named second team all-conference. Infielder Michalyn Mohr and catcher Paige Perkins received honorable mention.

The Indians finished 12-25 overall this year.

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