MARION — When you start an eighth grader and two freshmen, it’s guaranteed life will get interesting from time to time. As it did Monday night for Cedar Rapids Washington.The Warriors blew a four-run lead in the bottom of the seventh inning thanks to some ...

MARION -- One team race went deep into the meet. One didn't. It certainly didn't. Marion won 10 events and racked up 179 points to capture the Wamac Conference West Division boys' track championship Monday at Thomas Park Field. "I can't describe how proud I am of this ...

 Their team T-shirts accurately say that the Marion High School boys track team does it all."We run. We throw. We jump. We hurdle."And, most likely, they'll repeat.The season has reached its conference-championship week, with the majority of the area leagues scheduling their meets Thursday.Whether they'll ...

Area boys track teams to watch for 2013:CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTONCoach: Bill Pinckney2012 state finish: 4th in Class 4A, 39 points (19.5 return)Returning state placewinners: Nick Corbett, sr. (2nd, 400; 3rd, 1,600 medley relay; 4th, 800 relay; 6th, 1,600 relay); Mitch Bredeson, sr. (3rd, 1,600 medley ...

Former Marion prep Kasey Semler was one of two players at Kirkwood Community College to earn first-team all-region honors in men's basketball.Semler, who injured his knee late in a 19-13 season for the Eagles, also is an NJCAA Division II all-American candidate. He averaged a ...

CLINTON — When it comes right down to it, losing their first postseason game a week ago probably would have been easier to swallow than this for the Marion Indians. Way, way easier.“I was just thinking about that,” said Marion’s Isaac Frazier, after his team’s ...

MOUNT VERNON – The Marion boys’ basketball team remembers who ended its season last year, and they relished the opportunity to turn the tables.Junior Quinn Cannoy scored 15 points and dished out seven assists as the Marion Indians edged Anamosa, 55-50, to claim a Class ...

MARION — Basketball coaches everywhere agree on this — to be successful you must make free throws.That very thing was a principal undoing of the Marion girls team Wednesday night in a 64-50 loss to Solon in a Class 4A regional game at the Indians ...

CENTER POINT -- Carlie Wilhelmi got one chance, and one chance only."I told her, 'Make or miss,' " said Center Point-Urbana coach Philip Klett.Wilhelmi tried the first 3-pointer of her varsity career -- she swished it -- to highlight Center Point-Urbana's 53-26 rout of Marion in a ...

MARION -- If at first you don't succeed ...Don't sweat. Somebody else will be there to clean up the mess.Class 4A second-ranked Benton Community got out to a big early lead and dominated the boards in a 55-38 Wamac Conference West Division girls' basketball victory ...