Marion Softball

Perkins slugs 2 HRs; Marion drops pair

WATERLOO - Paige Perkins slugged a pair of home runs for Marion, but the Indians fell twice in the Waterloo West softball tournament Saturday.

Highland scored seven runs in the ninth inning to beat Marion, 14-8.

Waterloo East used a six-run third inning to beat the Indians, 9-4, in their second game.

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Indians blanked by Maquoketa

MAQUOKETA - Marion managed just four hits and was shut out by Maquoketa, 5-0, Thursday night in Wamac Conference softball.

MARION (0): Fuller, 3 0 0 0, Vanourney, 1 0 0 0, Lappe, 2 0 0 0, Knapp, 3 0 1 0, Mohr, 3 0 0 0, Perkins, 2 0 0 0, Borwn, 2 0 1 0, Smith, 2 0 0 0, Whitney, 3 0 0 0, Dullea, 2 0 2 0. Totals 23 0 4 0.

MAQUOKETA (5): Biehl, 4 1 4 2, Crist, 4 1 2 1, Bickford, 3 1 1 0, Sutton, 3 0 2 1, Skaldzein, 3 0 0 0, Snyder, 3 0 1 0, Gavin, 2 0 0 0, Gruenwald, 3 1 0 0, Taylor, 3 1 0 0. Totals 28 5 10 4.

Marion         000 000 0 - 0  4 3
Maquoketa  230 000 x - 5 10 0

W-Ruppert. L-Vanourney. 2B-Biehl 2, Snyder, Sutton.

Marion drops a squeaker to North Cedar

Beth Knapp had a pair of RBI doubles for Marion, but the Indians lost a 4-3 softball decision to North Cedar Wednesday at Marion.

North Cedar pushed across a pair of unearned runs in the first inning, but Marion tied the game in the bottom of the frame on Knapp's RBI double and Paige Perkins' run-scoring single.

Olivia Brown's RBI single in the third pushed North Cedar back ahead, 3-2.

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Indians split with Vikettes

Beth Knapp and Michalyn Mohr delivered back-to-back RBI singles in the fifth inning of the nightcap that carried Marion to a 3-2 win and a split of its Wamac Conference softball doubleheader Tuesday night at home against Vinton-Shellsburg.

Vinton-Shellsburg won the opener, 4-2, despite three hits by Marion's Lauren Rausch.

Mohr had tied the nightcap, 1-1, with her solo home run in the second inning.

Knapp's single broke the tie and Mohr plated an insurance run with her single.

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