Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Walsh reaches 2,000, but Marion falls

EPWORTH – For Kory Walsh, the road to 2,000 career rushing yards was paved with blood, sweat, grit and a ton of pain.

In spite of all the Marion football team's immense struggles over the past two years, every yard was worth it for Walsh. But the Indians' senior tailback would trade every one of his milestone 2,013 yards for more victories for his win-starved program.

"I'd trade 1,000 yards for anyone on this team (to experience a win),”Walsh said.

Friday night was an all too familiar story for Marion fans, but the gutsy Walsh delivered a bright spot and a historical footnote in the black and blue and severely short-handed Indians' rough 38-20 setback to Western Dubuque at Buchman Field.

“It's something that's cool, but at the same time it's not something that means that much to me,” Walsh said. “I just want to do the best I can for my team and be there for them.”

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No. 2 Indians sweep South Tama

TAMA - Caitlyn Smith rolled up 37 assists Tuesday night as the second-ranked Marion volleyball team swept South Tama, 25-20, 25-13, 25-12, in a Wamac Conference volleyball match at South Tama.

Morgan Swanger led a balanced attack with 11 kills. Olivia Frazier had nine kills, Isabella Sade eight kills and Alyssa Thomas seven kills.

Thomas, Swanger and Tanea Westhoff led the serving for Marion. Westhoff had nine digs, Thomas eight digs, Haley Dullea six digs, Kenzie Redmond five digs and Swanger five digs.

Sade blocked three shots. Smith and Frazier had two blocks.

Marion raised its records to 20-4 overall and 6-0 in the conference.

Myles Bach takes 2nd for Marion

MANCHESTER - Marion High School sophomore Myles Bach placed second at the West Delaware Invitational cross country meet Tuesday in Manchester.

Reid Smock of Mount Vernon/Lisbon won the 5K race in 15 minutes, 52 seconds and led his team to the championship. Bach finished in 16:12 and led Marion to a fourth-place showing in the 22-team field. Jeremy Fopma placed fourth for the Indians in 16:24.

The Marion girls also finished in fourth place. Hallie Kephart led the Indians in ninth place. Maddie Bach, Marion's top runner, did not compete Tuesday.

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Sade will join Nebraska-Omaha volleyball

Marion High School junior Isabella Sade plans to continue her volleyball career in college at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Sade, a 6-foot-2 hitter, entered Saturday's tournament in Waterloo with 150 kills, 52 blocks, 40 digs and 22 ace serves. She leads the Indians in kills and blocks.

Marion is ranked No. 2 in Class 4A.