Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Marion bumped off by Maquoketa, 27-8

MAQUOKETA - The Marion football team's sluggish, shaky season was badly in need of a shot of adrenaline, a double expresso of momentum, something that would wake the Indians up and get this talented club back on the playoff track.

Marion wasn't finding it on this bummer of a Friday night road trip.

A Maquoketa team looking like the best club in Class 3A District 6 sent the skidding Indians to their third loss in four games with a no-doubt 27-8 rout in Maquoketa.

The Cardinals (4-1, 3-0) derailed the Marion running game early and never allowed the Indians to get on track. Maquoketa held its guests to zero rushing yards in the first half and kept Marion (2-3, 1-1) off the scoreboard until Dontavious Young broke up the shutout with a 2-yard run with 1:58 to play.

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Bach, Forster run strong at CPU meet

CENTER POINT - Madison Bach of Marion High School placed second in the girls 4K race at the Stormin Pointer Invitational cross country meet in Center Point Tuesday.

Colton Forster of Marion finished third in the boys 5K race for the Indians.

The Marion girls placed third out of nine teams in their race. The Marion boys finished second out of eight teams.

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Marion drops squeaker to Independence

INDEPENDENCE - The Marion Indians pushed Independence to the wire Tuesday night before falling, 26-24, 25-20, 21-25, 15-25, 17-15, in a Wamac Conference volleyball marathon at Independence.

Amanda Sahm had a busy night for Marion (10-8, 2-2) with 60 assists. Alyssa Thomas had 29 kills and eight blocks. Kaela Halvorson and Taylor Wade had eight kills.

Abby Phillips collected 23 digs for the Indians. Johanna Steggall made 15 digs. Stephanie Hedtke and Olivia Frazier had seven blocks apiece.

Marion stuns Xavier for title

All season long, the Marion High School girls have seemed to lack the killer instinct on the volleyball court.

“We've been struggling putting teams away,” acknowledged star defender Abby Phillips.

It looked like it might be more of the same Saturday in their own eight-team invitational tournament.

They reached the championship final with an upset over highly regarded Grundy Center, but quickly lost the first game to an even more formidable foe in Xavier.

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