Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Warriors, Lions tangle in 4A showdown

The resurgent Linn-Mar football team has gotten off to a 3-0 start, but the Lions will face their stiffest test of the season Friday night when the Washington Warriors invade Linn-Mar Stadium for a Class 4A non-district game.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. on KCRG 1600-AM/107.5 FM.

Linn-Mar senior quarterback Ryan Schmidt has rushed for 152 yards and seven touchdowns this season. He also has passed for 240 yards and two touchdowns by hitting 19 of 35 passes.

Speedster Perrion Scott has carried the ball 26 times for 287 yards. He scored three touchdowns in the first quarter last week in an easy win at Clinton.

Logan Benter, a running back and linebacker for the Lions, missed last week's game with a leg injury, but is expected back this week.

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Prairie pops into volleyball rankings

The Cedar Rapids Prairie volleyball team has jumped into the No. 10 spot in the Class 5A state volleyball rankings, the IGHSAU announced Thursday.

The Hawks (9-3) defeated then-No. 6 Linn-Mar in the championship match of the Linn-Mar tournament Saturday, then they topped the Lions again in a Mississippi Valley Conference match Tuesday.

Linn-Mar dropped out of the rankings this week.

The Marion Indians (11-2) stayed in the No. 3 spot in the Class 4A poll. The Xavier Saints (8-4) climbed one notch to No. 9 in Class 4A.

CLASS 5A

1. Ankeny Centennial (18-0), 2. Bettendorf (12-0), 3. Johnston (8-1), 4. Ankeny (10-2), 5. Dowling (12-2), 6. Southeast Polk (20-2), 7. Iowa City High (6-1), 8. West Des Moines Valley (16-4), 9. Council Bluffs Lincoln (13-7), 10. Cedar Rapids Prairie (9-3).

CLASS 4A

1. Harlan (12-1), 2. West Delaware (16-0), 3. Marion (11-2), 4. LeMars (11-0), 5. Charles City (15-2), 6. Clear Creek-Amana (6-4), 7. Sioux City Heelan (6-6), 8. Indianola (11-6), 9. Xavier (8-4), 10. ADM (14-5), 11. Creston (9-0), 12. Boone (6-2), 13. Waverly-Shell Rock (10-8), 14. Lewis Central (5-5), 15. Humboldt (9-3).

No.3 Marion spikers sweep Benton

The third-ranked Marion volleyball team swept Benton Community, 25-13, 25-20, 25-19, in a Wamac Conference match at Marion Tuesday night.

Isabella Sade and Alyssa Thomas led the Indians with 10 kills. Olivia Frazier had nine.

Amanda Sahm collected 33 assists. Abby Phillips contributed 13 digs and Frazier had two blocks.

Marion raised its records to 11-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference.

Prairie wins title at Linn-Mar tourney

The Cedar Rapids Prairie volleyball team lived dangerously at the Linn-Mar tournament Saturday but had the last laugh.

The Hawks whipped Linn-Mar, 21-14, 21-12, in the championship match after surviving several near-misses in the earlier rounds.

Prairie lost games against Vinton-Shellsburg and Pleasant Valley in pool competition, but pulled things together and won both of those matches 2-1.

The Hawks also lost a game to Solon in the semifinals before snaring a 21-14, 9-21, 15-9 victory to reach the finals.

Prairie finished the tournament with a perfect 6-0 record.

There were lots of ups-and-downs in the annual tournament. Marion defeated Linn-Mar in pool play, but then the Lions defeated the Indians in the semifinals.

Marion High School does not beat Linn-Mar High School in too many sports, but volleyball has been an exception over the years. The Indians are currently ranked No.3 in Class 4A and Linn-Mar is ranked No.6 in Class 5A, so both schools have good teams.

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