Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Marion bowlers roll by Tripoli

TRIPOLI - Marion built a 100-pin lead in the first round and held off Tripoli, 2639-2534, Friday in boys bowling.

Ian Kelly led Marion with a 373 series. Zach Prucha had high game with a 220.

Marion: Nate Meister 159-155=314, Nick Wheeler 157-188=345, Zach Prucha 220-139=359, Tyler Lerch 139-191=330, Dakota Timmermen 139-140=279, Ian Kelly 181-192=373

Tripoli: Michael Bergmann 193-137=330, Cody Raymer 106-135=241, Brennen Selmase 122-125=247, Logan Danner 122-130=252, Cody Funk 211-202=413, Branden Kleppe 166-213=379

Round 1: Marion 1721, Tripoli 1621. Bakers - Marion 918, Tripoli 913

Smith, Lamm fire Indians past Tripoli

Bre Smith and Taylor Lamm had the ball rolling Friday and fired Marion past Tripoli, 2362-2008, in girls bowling.

Smith and Lamm tied for high game at 214. Smith had a 407 series, Lamm a 393.

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Mohr sparks Marion girls with 19

ANAMOSA - Michalyn Mohr popped in 19 points Tuesday night as Marion clipped Anamosa, 44-35, in a Wamac Conference girls basketball game in Anamosa.

Madison Smith scored 16 points for Anamosa (0-2).

Marion squared its record at 1-1.

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Indians' rally falls short in opener, 62-56

Craig Engle and Daly Quinn combined for 25 points in the second half to pull Marion to within two points of Anamosa with 23 seconds left in Tuesday night's game.

But the Indians came up short and dropped their season opener to the Blue Raiders, 62-56, at the Marion gym.

The Indians were down 11 to begin the fourth quarter, but just couldn’t quite get the corner turned to pull out the victory.

Engle led all scorers with 23. Four of his six field goals were 3-pointers.

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