Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Marion sweeps past Indee in softball

Four perfect innings of relief pitching by a freshman and a timely hit by a senior capped a doubleheader sweep for the Marion softball team over Independence Monday night, 5-4 and 2-1, at home.

The one-run wins were a welcome tonic for the Indians (9-13, 5-7 Wamac), who had lost four in a row and seven of their last eight.

“We finally got some hits when we needed them,” said Marion Coach Kim Knapp. “We’ve been having trouble leaving runners on base.

“We executed a lot better tonight. This is the best we’ve done, hitting wise. And we got real solid pitching from all three of our pitchers.”

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Perkins slugs 2 HRs; Marion drops pair

WATERLOO - Paige Perkins slugged a pair of home runs for Marion, but the Indians fell twice in the Waterloo West softball tournament Saturday.

Highland scored seven runs in the ninth inning to beat Marion, 14-8.

Waterloo East used a six-run third inning to beat the Indians, 9-4, in their second game.

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Marion drops a squeaker to North Cedar

Beth Knapp had a pair of RBI doubles for Marion, but the Indians lost a 4-3 softball decision to North Cedar Wednesday at Marion.

North Cedar pushed across a pair of unearned runs in the first inning, but Marion tied the game in the bottom of the frame on Knapp's RBI double and Paige Perkins' run-scoring single.

Olivia Brown's RBI single in the third pushed North Cedar back ahead, 3-2.

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Indians split with Vikettes

Beth Knapp and Michalyn Mohr delivered back-to-back RBI singles in the fifth inning of the nightcap that carried Marion to a 3-2 win and a split of its Wamac Conference softball doubleheader Tuesday night at home against Vinton-Shellsburg.

Vinton-Shellsburg won the opener, 4-2, despite three hits by Marion's Lauren Rausch.

Mohr had tied the nightcap, 1-1, with her solo home run in the second inning.

Knapp's single broke the tie and Mohr plated an insurance run with her single.

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