Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Indians lick CPU in district opener

The Marion Indians are not kidding themselves about making the Class 3A state basketball tournament this year, but there's no harm in dreaming.

Marion breezed past Center Point-Urbana, 64-47, in the opening round of the playoffs Monday night at the Xavier High School gym, but that was the easy part.

Now the Indians (10-12) have a date in the district finals Thursday night against the Xavier Saints, a dangerous team that faced a steady diet of Class 4A competition in the Mississippi Valley Conference this season. And if the Indians somehow upset the Saints, they'll probably have to face top-ranked Dubuque Wahlert in the substate finals next Monday.

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Miller 4th at state bowling

DES MOINES - Caleb Miller came up 15 pins shy in his bid to repeat as Class 1A state bowling champion Monday at Plaza Lanes.

Miller, a junior from Xavier, shot a 490 set with games of 279 and 211 and finished second in the individual portion of the boys tournament.

Marion's Bre Smith rolled a 433 set and tied for fourth in girls individual competition. She was 45 pins behind champion Shelby Carrier of DeWitt Central.

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Indians ousted by DeWitt Central, 48-43

DE WITT - DeWitt Central outscored Marion 7-3 in the final minute and pulled away for a 48-43 victory Wednesday night in a Class 4A girls basketball regional quarterfinal game.

DeWitt Central advances to play at Xavier on Saturday night.

Michalyn Mohr scored 17 points and Amanda Sahm added 14 for Marion (6-16).

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Engle sparks Marion by Mount Pleasant

Craig Engle popped in three 3-pointers and scored 17 points Tuesday night as Marion topped Mount Pleasant, 62-55, in a non-conference basketball game at Marion.

Quinn Cannoy and Trevor Hardman added 12 points apiece for the Indians (9-12). Dustin Amos scored 16 points for Mount Pleasant (9-12).

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