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DE WITT -- Beth Knapp scored 19 points to lead Marion to a season-opening 38-25 win Tuesday night in girls basketball.
Marion had one fewer field goal, but knocked down three 3-pointers. The Indians also outscored Central 17-5 at the free-throw line.
Knapp drained 12 of 14 free throws.
Corbin Woods, Craig Murtha, Reggie Schulte, Seth Fahnle and Ryan Persick from Xavier High School were named to the Des Moines Register all-state football teams Sunday.
Alex Hillyer of Kennedy, Jarred Edmonds of Prairie, Cam Rathje of Prairie and Trev Biery of Marion also were saluted on the honor squads.
Woods was named to the Register's Elite Team, which honors players from all classes. He caught 59 passes for 1,168 yards and 15 touchdowns as the Saints went 13-1 and reached the championship game in Class 4A. He also was first team all-state in Class 4A.
Ryan Hubbell visited Iowa and Iowa State when he was a senior at Marion High School three years ago, but neither school offered him a football scholarship.
"I had Division II offers, but that was it," he said.
Instead of playing for the Hawkeyes or Cyclones, Hubbell has been playing for one of the top college football teams in the country this year at Louisville.
Long after the scoreboard lights had been turned off Monday night at Thomas Park, Marion Coach Tony Perkins was standing alone in the middle of the football field.
The 26 seniors on his team that had just lost 28-13 to DeWitt Central in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs and were walking hand-in-hand the length of gridiron and back again as is a tradition for the last home game.
Perkins, in his 14th year of coaching the Indians and 29th overall, then had them line up single file for what he calls the “final walk.”
Marion won the first set, but No. 13 Wahlert came storming back to claim the next three and knocked the No. 10 Indians out of the Class 4A regional volleyball tournament Thursday night at Marion.
The loss ended Marion's season at (26-14).
Marion claimed the first set, 25-20. Wahlert bounced back to win the second, 25-18.
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| Jefferson (1-2) | Washington (0-2, 0-2) |
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