Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Indians rout Columbus

WATERLOO -- Kasey Semler scored 25 points and Dusty Albaugh added 14 to lead Marion past Waterloo Columbus, 68-37, Friday night in a Wamac Conference boys basketball game.

Semler knocked down four 3-pointers and Abaugh two for the Indians (10-7, 10-5 Wamac).

Marion hosts Center Point-Urbana Saturday at 3 p.m. It is a makeup from game postponed earlier in the week by weather.

MARION (68): Albaugh 6 0-0 14, Fisher 3 0-0 6, Kinney 1 0-0 2, Semler 9 3-3 25, Van Gorp 3 0-0 6, Huhndorf 2 0-0 4, Stone 2 1-3 5, Hardmann 1 0-0 2, Frazier 2 0-0 4. Totals 29 4-6 68.

COLUMBUS (37): Sink 0 3-4 3, Letkewicz 1 0-0 2, Huff 1 0-0 3, Heinzman 3 2-2 8, Pratt 2 1-2 6, Maiers 5 1-2 12, Roby 1 1-1 3. Totals 13 8-11 37.

3-point goals -- Marion 6 (Albaugh 2, Semler 4), Columbus 3 (Huff, Pratt, Maiers).

Marion girls fall short on Senior Night

It wasn't the night they were expecting.

The Marion girls basketball team was confident after a 16-point victory over Waterloo Columbus in Waterloo earlier this season. But the Indians' Senior Night at home on Friday was taken over by Columbus freshman Kate Letkewicz, who scored 20 points, leading Columbus to a 51-40 win over Marion.

"Since they've last played us they have improved a lot and I don't think we really came out and expected that," said senior guard Leah Smith.

The game was fast-paced with the high-pressure style that has become the Indian girls' trademark. It was Columbus that was applying most of the pressure out of the gates, however, turning Marion over four times in the first six possessions and 29 times throughout the game.

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Fisher opts to play football at Upper Iowa

Marion High School senior Tyler Fisher has accepted an offer to play football at Upper Iowa University next season.

Fisher played quarterback and linebacker for the Indians last fall, but he prefers defense and was recruited as a linebacker.

"I've always liked defense," he said. "I'm kind of that type of guy."

Fisher, 6-foot-2, weighs 205 pounds, but he'd like to reach 225 by the time he joins the Peacocks.

Fisher made 96 tackles in 10 games for Marion last season. He also passed for 883 yards and rushed for 232 yards for the Indians, who finished 7-3 and made the Class 3A playoffs.

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Alex Hunter wins Wamac wrestling title

MANCHESTER -- Marion's Alex Hunter scored a 7-6 decision over Haven Muller of Maquoketa to win the 119-pound title Saturday at the Wamac Conference wrestling tournament.

Hunter was the only Marion wrestler to reach the finals. The Indians finished 12th in the team race with 55 points.

Scout Morehouse finished fourth at 112 and Hunter Banes won three straight matches after getting pinned in his first bout at 145.

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