Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Bach siblings lead Marion to titles

CENTER POINT - The Bach family enjoyed a big day at the Center Point-Urbana Invitational cross country meet Tuesday.

Madison Bach, a senior, won the individual girls title and led the Marion Indians to the team championship. Myles Bach, her brother and a sophomore, captured the boys title and paced the Indians to their team championship as well.

Madison Bach covered the 5K course in 19 minutes, 22 seconds. She is ranked No. 7 in Class 3A and the Marion girls are ranked No. 8 as a team. Hallie Kephart finished fourth for Marion and Andrea Ertz was sixth.

The Marion girls edged Cascade, 43-47, for the crown.

Myles Bach finished his 5K run in 16 minutes, 52 seconds. He is ranked No. 8 in Class 3A and the Marion boys are ranked No. 12 as a team. Jeremy Fopma, who is ranked No. 6 for Marion, placed third in the race.

Marion dominated the boys race, topping Center Point-Urbana by 60 points.

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No. 2 Indians cruise to tourney win

The second-ranked Marion volleyball team won its own Marion Invitational on Saturday at Marion, avenging a loss earlier in the day to Grundy Center 25-12, 25-13 in the final. Xavier also competed.

In pool play, the Indians beat Cascade 21-19, 21-8 and North Linn 21-12, 21-9 before losing to Grundy Center 21-19, 11-21, 15-9.

Marion beat Union 25-21, 25-18 in the semifinals before winning the rematch with Grundy Center in the final.

The Saints beat Durant 21-13, 21-12 and Benton 21-11, 21-15 before losing to Union 16-21, 21-17, 15-10 in pool play. Xavier lost to Grundy Center 25-15, 25-16 in the semifinals.

Marion ends rough week with loss

A rough week and a rough season got even rougher for the Marion Indians in heavy rain Friday night, but they vowed to keep fighting.

Marion committed seven turnovers and lost to Solon, 35-0, on a muddy field at Thomas Park for their fourth straight loss this year and 12th overall since last season.

The rough week began Monday with Marion assistant coach Nick Perkins being fired by the Marion school board despite pleas from the players to give him a second chance, and the week ended with a hard, soggy battle in a contest twice delayed by lightning.

Players sank three inches into the muck and ran through puddles in an attempt to play a coherent brand of football.

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Prairie jumps to 3rd in volleyball

The Prairie Hawks zoomed seven spots from No. 10 to No. 3 in the new Class 5A volleyball rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.

Prairie (11-1) won all six of its matches at the Linn-Mar Invitational on Saturday, including four victories over ranked teams. The Hawks returned to Linn-Mar on Tuesday night and beat the Lions again.

Kennedy fell one spot to No. 5 in Class 5A. The Cougars (12-5) knocked off then-No. 1 Cedar Falls on Tuesday night, but the Cougars lost two matches to Cedar Falls at the Osage Tournament on Saturday. Cedar Falls dropped to No. 4 in the poll.

Linn-Mar (12-4) fell two spots to No. 9 this week after its losses to Prairie.

Bettendorf (11-1) is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A. Its only loss was to Prairie in the MVC/MAC Challenge earlier in the season.

The Marion Indians (10-2) stayed No. 2 in Class 4A. West Delaware leads the 4A rankings.

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