Marion High School - Marion, Iowa

Marion boys run to 1st at West Delaware Invite

MANCHESTER - Marion had a trio of runners finish in the top seven and eked out a two-point win over Mount Vernon-Lisbon Tuesday at the West Delaware Invitational boys cross country meet.

Marion's Lukas Mees finished third in a time of 16 minutes, 42 seconds over the 5k course. Greg Sam was sixth in 17:27 and Cole Kuethe was seventh in 17:29. Peter Rethwisch was 21st and Isaac Smith 37th for the Indians.

Waverly-Shell Rock's Daniel Huff was the individual winner in a time of 15:42. Conner Smock of Lisbon-Mount Vernon was second in 16:24.

Western Dubuque finished third, Tipton fourth and West Delaware fifth. The 20-team meet featured nine teams from the Wamac Conference.

WEST DELAWARE INVITATIONAL

Teams

1. Marion 74, 2. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 76, 3. Western Dubuque 101, 4. Tipton 140, 5. West Delaware 151, 6. Center Point-Urbana 181, 7. Cascade 218, 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 257, 9. North Fayette 266, 10. Dyersville Beckman 274
11. Benton Community 286, 12. Anamosa 292, 13. North Cedar 320, 14. Independence 328, 15. Edgewood-Colesburg 355, 16. MFL MarMac 449, 17. Oelwein 463, 18. Alburnett 487, 19. Maquoketa Valley 504, 20. East Buchanan 549

Top Individuals

1. Daniel Huff (Waverly-SR) 15:42, 2. Conner Smock (MV-Lisbon) 16:24, 3. Lukas Mees (Marion) 16:42, 4. Ryan Hermsen (Western Dubuque) 17:16, 5. Dain Gerber (Anamosa) 17:25, 6. Greg Sam (Marion) 17:27, 7. Cole Kuethe (Marion) 17:29, 8. Michael Marshall (CPU) 17:31, 9. Trent Versluis (Indee) 17:31, 10. Thomas Hunt (Beckman) 17:32

MARION - 3. Lukas Mees 16:42, 6. Greg Sam 17:27, 7. Cole Kuethe 17:29, 21. Peter Rethwisch 17:51, 37. Isaac Smith 18:35, 43. Jordan Garthwaite 18:50, 48. Colton Foster 18:54

Marion to induct 7 into Athletic Hall of Fame

Marion will induct seven people into its Athletic Hall of Fame during halftime of Friday night's homecoming football game against DeWitt Central.

The inductees include Coach Les Dollinger, athletes Jana Bradley Gibbs, Jordan Forkner and Rob McComas, and community members Anne Heim and Wayne and Janet Jackson.

Les Dollinger made a tremendous impact on Marion High School as a teacher, coach, activities director, and high school principal.

During his high school coaching career, Les served as a head varsity football coach for 13 years with his teams winning at a 78 percent rate.  His teams never once had a losing record.  He coached two teams to undefeated seasons including one at Marion in 1971.

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Marion stunned by Center Point-Urbana, 24-19

CENTER POINT - The Marion High School playoff express stumbled Friday night, losing to a team that hadn't won a ballgame all season.

Gage Silker picked off an errant Cale Cannoy pass with 1:52 remaining to preserve a 24-19 upset victory for Center Point-Urbana over the Indians.

Center Point-Urbana erased the goose egg next to its name and raised its records to 1-5 overall and 1-3 in Class 3A District 5. Marion fell to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the district.

A tight battle from start to finish saw the Pointers take an early 7-0 lead on a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Brandon Roseberry. Marion countered with a 50-yard touchdown pass from Cannoy to Tyler Gunderson, but the Indians went for two points and were denied.

Roseberry capped an 84-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown scamper to give CP-U a 14-6 advantage. Marion tailback Colton Storla responded with a 5-yard touchdown, but the 2-point conversion failed again and the Indians trailed 14-12.

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Mees leads Marion to title at Independence

INDEPENDENCE - Lukas Mees captured top honors at the Independence cross country meet Saturday and led the Marion Indians to first place in the team standings.

Mees won the 5K race in 16 minutes, 20 seconds. Marion won the championship with 47 points, followed by West Delaware with 82 points.

Cole Kuethe placed third for the Indians in 17:16, followed by Isaac Smith (8th in 17:47), Peter Rethwisch (13th in 18:06), Jordan Garthwaite (22nd in 18:42), Colton Forster (24th in 18:44) and Nick Meeks (46th in 19:49).

The Marion girls placed sixth in their race.