Linn-Mar High School - Marion, Iowa

Jenks takes 2nd at Foot Locker race

Sun - 01 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

RACINE, Wis. - Linn-Mar sophomore Stephanie Jenks placed second at the Foot Locker Midwest Region Championships Saturday at the Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course in Racine, Wis.

Kelcy Welch, a senior from Carmel, Ind., won the race in 17 minutes, 34 seconds. Jenks finished five seconds later in 17:39.

Linn-Mar senior Josh Evans finished 16th in his race in 15:37.

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Kristie Sommer paces Lions to victory

Sun - 01 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

Kristie Sommer scored 13 points Saturday as the Linn-Mar Lions trimmed Muscatine, 41-34, in a non-conference basketball game at Linn-Mar.

Sommer also had six rebounds, three assists and two steals for the Lions (2-0). Katie Sommer and Olivia Montague had eight points apiece for Linn-Mar.

Linn-Mar made six 3-pointers.

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Lions embrace new role as underdogs

Sun - 01 Dec Written by Jim Ecker

Times have changed for the Linn-Mar boys basketball team.

They won't come into the new season with glossy rankings or high expectations in the general public, at least not in comparison to their glory days, but that doesn't seem to faze this group of Lions at all.

"I think we'll do really well," senior Ben Larson said Saturday after Linn-Mar beat Marion, 67-39, in the Metro Sports Report.com Classic at Johnson Hall. "A lot of people think we're going to be the underdogs this season."

"Underdogs" is a new role for Linn-Mar, which has won three Class 4A state titles in the past 10 years and finished second on two other trips to Des Moines.

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Sommer sisters step up for Lions

Tue - 26 Nov Written by Mike Condon

It was a hot Sommer night Tuesday in the Linn-Mar gym with the outside temperature sitting in the teens.

With the Lions trailing 38-37 entering the final quarter of their season-opener against Keokuk, the Sommer twins took over. They combined to score 13 of the Lions’ 17 points in the period, and were part of a stifling defense that resulted in a 54-45 victory at the Linn-Mar gym.

“It’s like it’s that twin thing,” said Linn-Mar girls basketball coach Michael Brandt of senior guards Kristie and Katie Sommer. “They just seemed to know when we needed them to turn it on.”

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Lions answer early wakeup call on Day 1

Mon - 18 Nov Written by Jim Ecker

Some college basketball teams celebrate the first day of practice each year with "Midnight Madness," holding their initial workout for a new season at 12:01 a.m. and inviting their fans, pep band and cheerleaders to have a good time.

By contrast, the Linn-Mar Lions held their first practice for the 2013-14 high school season at 6 a.m. Monday in an otherwise quiet gym with perhaps a few sleepy players.

"Everybody was on time," said Coach Chris Robertson, happy with the response. "One was close, but he made it."

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