Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

No. 6 Marion girls top Benton

The sixth-ranked Marion girls basketball closed with a 17-9 run in the fourth quarter to beat Benton Community, 50-39, Tuesday at Marion.

Maddie Knapp, Chloe Rice and Mia Laube each scored 14 points to lead the Indians (5-1).

The Bobcats fell to 4-3.

BENTON COMMUNITY (39): Havlik 0 0-0 0, VanWeelden 4 4-6 15, Schmidt 1 0-0 2, Wiebel 5 0-0 12, Brunssen 0 1-2 1, McWhorter 2 0-0 5, Heilman 1 2-3 4. Totals 13 7-12 39.

MARION (50): Knapp 5 1-3 14, Rice 4 6-7 14, Smith 1 0-0 3, Wright 0 0-0 0, Laube 4 6-10 14, Willette 0 0-0 0, Herold 1 0-0 2, Sade 1 1-1 3, Jordan 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 14-21 50.

Halftime – Benton Community 21, Marion 19. 3-point goals – Benton Community 6 (VanWeelden 3, Wiebel 2, McWhorter), Marion 4 (Knapp 3, Smith).

Linn-Mar, Marion girls in Rivalry Saturday

The Linn-Mar and Marion high school girls basketball teams are taking their backyard rivalry to the big stage.

The Lions and Indians will meet in the 13th Annual Mercy Sports Care Rivalry Saturday on Jan. 9 at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Linn-Mar and Marion will play the eighth and final game in the girls basketball event at 8:20 p.m. Both teams are ranked by the IGHSAU, with Linn-Mar at No. 6 in Class 5A and Marion at No. 6 in Class 4A.

SCHEDULE

9:15 a.m. - Iowa City Regina vs Benton Community
10:50 a.m. - Ballard vs Fairfield
12:25 p.m. - Springville vs Turkey Valley
2 p.m. - Maquoketa Valley vs Alburnett
3:35 p.m. - Mason City vs Iowa City West
5:10 p.m. - Waverly-Shell Rock vs Nevada
6:45 p.m. - Spirit Lake vs Western Dubuque
8:20 - Linn-Mar vs Marion

Vipond, Lembeck win mat titles

MOUNT VERNON - Jeff Vipond and Clint Lembeck of Xavier won individual titles at the Mount Vernon wrestling tournament Saturday.

Vipond claimed the 113-pound title with a 5-2 victory over Gannon Cook of East Buchanan. Lembeck captured the 138-pound crown with a 13-1 major decision over Cooper White of West Marshall.

Josh Gerke placed second at 145 pounds for the Saints.

The Marion Indians saw Colin Conway finish second at 152, Caleb Conway place third at 145 and Brady Bartz finish fourth at 160.

Davenport Assumption won the team championship. Xavier placed fifth out of 13 teams and Marion was 10th.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Davenport Assumption 210, 2. Lisbon 202, 3. Mount Vernon 194.5, 4. West Liberty 161, 5. Xavier 143, 6. West Marshall 115.5, 7. East Buchanan 89, 8. Sigourney-Keota 86.5, 9. Mid-Prairie 78, 10. Marion 69, 11. Beckman Catholic 67, 12. Louisa-Muscatine 33, 13. Anamosa 24.

Jefferson boys clip Marion

Dennis McKinney scored 13 points Saturday as the Jefferson J-Hawks defeated Marion, 57-41, in a boys basketball game at the Jefferson gym.

Baylor Fish led Marion with 13 points.

Both teams have 2-3 records.

MARION (41): Fish 4 5-5 13, Zielke 2 0-0 6, Walter 2 1-2 5, Manderscheid 3 2-2 9, Whalen 0 0-0 0, Pflughaupt 0 1-2 1, Chris Mohwinkle 0 0-0 0,Clayton Mohwinkle 1 2-2 4, Wiese 1 1-1 3. Totals 13 12-14 41.

JEFFERSON (57): Webb 2 3-4 7, Shaw 1 0-0 3, Wiederin 3 0-0 7, Green 2 1-4 5, Kramer 3 0-1 8, Brown 2 0-0 4, McCauley 1 0-0 2, Van Oort 2 2-2 6, Szabo 1 0-0 2, McKinney 6 1-2 13. Totals 23 7-11 57.

Halftime - Jefferson 32, Marion 22. 3-point goals - Marion 3 (Zielke, Manderscheid), Jefferson 4 (Kramer 2, Wiederin 1, Green 1).