Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Perkins retires as Marion football coach

Tony Perkins has retired after 17 years as the head football coach at Marion High School, he said Monday morning.

Perkins compiled a 104-60 record with the Indians from 1999 through 2015, but his successful career ended with a 17-game losing streak and controversy surrounding his family.

Nick Perkins, the coach's younger brother, was fired as one of Marion's assistant coaches early this past season following an incident during the first game of the year and Tony Perkins was suspended for one game following that incident.

Tony Perkins won his 104th game as head coach at his alma mater in the season opener in 2014, drawing within one victory of tying Les Hipple for the most victories in Marion football history, but Perkins never won another game as the Indians went 1-8 in 2014 and 0-9 this year.

Perkins fell one win shy of matching Hipple, who fashioned a 105-42-10 record in 18 years as Marion's head coach from 1945 to 1962.

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Bre Smith wins Metro Spotlight Award

Bre Smith of Marion is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Smith, a senior, is one of the top bowlers in the state. She leads the Metro area with a 204.4 average and ranks fourth among all bowlers in the state.

Smith has rolled a high-game this year of 224 and a high-series of 438.

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Marion girls triple their pleasure

The fifth-ranked Marion girls basketball team nailed twelve 3-point goals and sailed past the Washington Demons, 65-44, Tuesday in Marion.

Chloe Rice and Mia Laube led the Indians from beyond the arch, each hitting three. Rice finished with 16 points, Laube had 10 points and Elle Herold 11.

Marion improved to 6-2, while Washington fell to 2-5.

WASHINGTON (44): Brinning 2 2-3 6, Redlinger 0 0-0 0, Stout 0 0-0 0, Nacos 3 0-0 7, Kimball 2 2-4 8, Salow 1 0-0 2, Dicks 0 0-0 0, DeLong 3 3-4 10, Pacha 5 1-1 11. Totals 16 8-12 44.

MARION (65): Knapp 3 0-0 8, Rice 6 1-1 16, Smith 2 0-0 6, Wright 1 0-0 3, Dunne 1 0-0 2, Laube 3 1-2 10, Willette 1 0-0 2, Herold 3 4-4 11, Sade 3 1-4 7, Jordan 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 7-11 65.

Halftime – Marion 36, Washington 15. 3-point goals – Washington 4 (Kimball 2, Nacos, DeLong), Marion 12 (Rice 3, Laube 3, Knapp 2, Smith 2, Wright, Herold).

Marion boys dunk Washington Demons

Chase Zielke scored 14 points in a balanced attack to lead the Marion boys basketball team in a 61-39 win over Washington (Iowa) Tuesday in Marion.

Jacob Manderscheid scored 12 points for the Indians (3-5), Baylor Fish added 11 and Matthew Pflughaupt scored eight.

Derek Anding led the Washington Demons (2-5) with 16 points.

WASHINGTON (39): Suchan 0 0-0 0, Myers 0 0-0 0, Rich 0 1-2 1, Giardino 3 0-0 7, Anding 6 1-2 16, Redlinger 1 3-6 5, Coleman 0 0-0 0, Sinn 1 0-0 2, Hobscheidt 0 0-0 0, Dillon 4 0-2 8. Totals 15 5-12 39.

MARION (61): Fish 4 0-0 11, Zielke 4 3-6 14, Holt 0 0-0 0, Walter 3 0-0 6, Hahn 0 0-0 0, Manderscheid 4 3-4 12, Whalen 1 0-0 2, Pflughaupt 2 3-4 8, Chris Mohwinkle 1 0-0 2, Clayton Mohwinkle 0 2-2 2, Carstensen 0 0-0 0, Wade 0 0-2 0, Wiese 2 0-0 4, Kuethe 0 0-0 0, Hansen 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 11-18 61.

Halftime – Marion 36, Washington 18. 3-point goals – Washington 4 (Anding 3, Giardino), Marion 8 (Fish 3, Zielke 3, Manderscheid, Pflughaupt).