Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Kennedy girls stay No. 1 in rankings

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls basketball team remained No. 1 in the Class 5A girls basketball rankings, released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Linn-Mar fell from 12th to 13th in Class 5A. Marion remained No. 7 in Class 4A.

CLASS 5A

1. Kennedy, 2. Indianola, 3. Ankeny Centennial, 4. Waukee, 5. Johnston, 6. Dowling Catholic, 7. Southeast Polk, 8. Iowa City High, 9. Davenport North, 10. Cedar Falls, 11. West Des Moines Valley, 12. Pleasant Valley, 13. Linn-Mar, 14. Iowa City West, 15. Davenport West.

CLASS 4A

1. Harlan, 2. Western Dubuque, 3. Lewis Central, 4. Keokuk, 5. Ballard, 6. North Scott, 7. Marion, 8. Pella, 9. Fairfield, 10. Mason City, 11. Grinnell, 12. Waverly-Shell Rock, 13. Dallas Center-Grimes, 14. Boone, 15. Carlisle.

Quinn gets 2 pins for Marion

MAQUOKETA - Keanu Quinn collected two pins at 195 pounds Thursday night to help the Marion Indians split a pair of Wamac Conference dual meets at Maquoketa.

The Indians lost to Solon, 48-24, and defeated Maquoketa, 42-33.

Zach Cochran (120), Caleb Conway (145), Colin Conway (152) and Jack Whitney (182) won both of their matches for Marion. Colin Conway had a pin in just 37 seconds.

SOLON 48, MARION 24
106 – Aidan Dall (S) pinned Jack Eichhorn 2:43.
113 – Christian Haight (S) pinned Ismail Havyarimana 3:19.
120 – Zach Cochran (M) dec. Andy Brokaw 9-5.
126 – Ben Carr (S) pinned Braden Garringer :31.
132 – Zack Bevans (S) pinned Mason Hiler 4:55.
138 – Trey Clifton (M) pinned Joe Lovan 5:59.
145 – Caleb Conway (M) dec. Cole Fritz 7-6.
152 – Colin Conway (M) dec. Graeson Dall 6-5.
160 – Trevor Nelson (S) won by forfeit.
170 – Dillon Diltz (S) pinned Joey Pearson 3:35.

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Fish helps Marion hook Independence

INDEPENDENCE – Baylor Fish scored 20 points to lead the Marion boys basketball team to a 50-38 victory over Independence in Wamac Conference action Tuesday at Independence.

Fish popped in four 3-pointers.

The Indians led most of the way, but the Mustangs cut the lead to 32-31 with a minute left in the third quarter. Marion put the game away in the fourth quarter, however.

Marion shot 19-of-21 from the free throw line in the game, including 13-of-14 in the second half.

Chase Zielke and Jacob Manderscheid added nine points for Marion (5-8).

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No. 7 Marion girls roll by Independence

The seventh-ranked Marion girls basketball nailed eleven 3-point goals and beat Independence, 62-27, in a Wamac game Tuesday at Marion.

Caitlyn Smith made five 3-pointers for 15 points for Marion. Mia Laube scored 10 points for the Indians (10-4), who led 30-9 early in the second quarter.

Independence fell to 6-9.

INDEPENDENCE (27): Cooksley 0 0-0 0, Niedert 1 2-2 4, Meador 0 0-0 0, Gruber 0 0-0 0, Butters 3 1-1 7, Hupke 0 0-2 0, Larsen 2 2-3 6, Heidi Lau 0 0-0 0, Ludwig 2 0-0 5, Henningsen 0 0-0 0, Hallee Lau 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 5-11 27.

MARION (62): Redmond 0 0-0 0, Knapp 1 1-2 4, Rice 1 5-6 8, Smith 5 0-0 15, Wright 1 0-0 2, Cannoy 0 0-0 0, Dunne 1 0-0 2, Laube 3 2-2 10, Willette 0 1-2 1, Herold 3 0-0 8, Nielsen 0 0-0 0, Biek 1 0-0 2, Sade 1 0-0 2, Jordan 2 4-4 8. Totals 19 13-16 62.

Halftime – Marion 48, Independence 17. 3-point goals – Independence 2 (Niedert, Ludwig), Marion 11 (Smith 5, Laube 2, Herold 2, Knapp, Rice).