Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Linn-Mar topped by Waterloo West

Waterloo West handed the Linn-Mar girls bowling team a close 2,271 to 2,119 loss Friday at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Katie Routhe led the Lions with a 170 game and a 321 series.

WATERLOO WEST: Katlyn Bracken 153-183=336, Abbey Fangman 94-176=270, Kira Gilbert 121-144=265, Kee-Lee Stocks 119-133=252, Brynn Bengston 111-137=248.

LINN-MAR: Katie Routhe 151-170=321, Mekena Diercks 148-169=317, Alexis Tschantz 156-127=283, Brittni Krause 96-163=259, Hannah Bates 99-80=179.

Waterloo West: 1,456-815=2,271.

Linn-Mar: 1,359-760=2,119.

Versatile Ollinger helps Linn-Mar win

Sometimes Amanda Ollinger is a guard, sometimes she's a forward and sometimes she's a center.

The versatile 6-foot-1 senior did most of her damage in the low post Friday night and helped Linn-Mar top Cedar Rapids Prairie, 53-44, with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

Linn-Mar coach Jaime Brandt saw Ollinger had a size advantage near the basket against the Hawks, so she stationed her top player in the low post where she could score or feed teammates for shots.

"That was an adjustment we made on the spot," Ollinger said. "We really didn't know what they were going to throw at us."

"I'm comfortable anywhere on the floor," she said. "Working on finishing at the hoop is a really big thing for me that I'm trying to improve on this season."

Ollinger did a good job with her back to the basket. She's spent of the season on the perimeter, but the situation called for a low-post center and she delivered.

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Bohannon drills nine 3's for 40

Jordan Bohannon was simply Bo-Dacious on Friday night.

The Linn-Mar sharpshooter broke the school record with nine 3-pointers and poured in a career-best 40 points as the Lions drilled Cedar Rapids Prairie, 91-54, in the Linn-Mar gym.

The record stayed in the Bohannon family, however, as Jordan snapped the old mark of eight 3-pointers set by his older brother, Jason, during the 2005-06 campaign.

Bohannon tossed in one of his 3-pointers from more than 30 feet, hit several other triples with a defender's hand in his face and twice beat the clock with 3-pointers at the end of a quarter.

He finished 9 for 11 from behind the arc in his remarkable performance.

"It's a shooter's dream," Bohannon said. "You work so hard in the off-season, preparing for these moments."

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Linn-Mar grapplers pin Waterloo East

The Linn-Mar wrestling team pounded Waterloo East 57-15 Thursday at Linn-Mar.

Cole Kraklio (106 pounds), Logan Dulin (132), Alex Streicher (138) and Jacob Wempen (152) had pins for the Lions. Shea Hartzler collected a technical fall at 160.

LINN-MAR 57, WATERLOO EAST 15
220 – Nekema Carter (WE) dec. Joe Gallo 5-4.
285 – Omar Begic (WE) pinned James Hoff 1:44.
106 – Cole Kraklio (LM) pinned Chryshaun Taylor 4:46.
113 – Jack Nauman (LM) major dec. Brayden Good 9-0.
120 – Ethan Fish (LM) won by forfeit.
126 – Charlie Petersen (LM) won by forfeit.
132 – Logan Dulin (LM) pinned Antonio Rodriguez 1:16.
138 – Alex Streicher (LM) pinned Ryan Valenzuela :56.
145 – Johnny Clymer (LM) won by forfeit.
152 – Jacob Wempen (LM) pinned Nathan Nielson :16.
160 – Shea Hartzler (LM) tech. fall over Tyrell Gordon 15-0, 5:17.
170 – Matt Schlegel (LM) dec. Dalyne King 5-2.
182 – Logan Hagmeier (LM) dec. Eric Gleiter 8-2.
195 – Payne Johnson (WE) pinned Baylor Pree 1:27.