Articles Tagged: Marion High School

For the Marion girls’ soccer team, green isn’t just a color — it’s a contract. The color symbolizes a commitment to unity and always putting forth maximum effort. The 2023 Wolves reached the state tournament for the first time in program history.

Here’s a list of the top returning Gazette area Iowa high school girls’ tennis players and teams heading into the 2024 season. One goal remains for Cedar Rapids Washington’s Katelynn Kock: A state singles title.

A long, quick, athletic boys’ basketball team from Davenport Assumption proved just too tough for Marion in a Monday night Class 3A substate final at Alliant Energy PowerHouse. The Knights beat the Wolves, 63-32, to qualify for next week’s state tournament.

Ninth-ranked Davenport Assumption advanced to the Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ basketball state tournament with a 63-32 win over No. 6 Marion in a substate final Monday at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

Eight teams clinch spots in the boys’ basketball state tournament Monday night, as Class 3A substate games are conducted. That includes a double-header at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids.

Marion and Maquoketa waged a memorable battle Thursday night in their Class 3A substate semifinal at Marion. The Wolves simply outlasted the Cardinals, 97-95, in four overtimes to advance to substate final Monday against Davenport Assumption

Marion beat Maquoketa 97-95 in four overtimes in a Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ basketball substate semifinal game Thursday night at Marion.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Decorah were ranked No. 1 in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s first boys’ basketball poll of the season back in late December. They have ended the regular season ranked No. 1 in their respective classes.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released brackets this week for the boys’ basketball postseason in Class 3A and 4A. Here’s an in-depth look at the substates containing schools from the Gazette area.

North Linn and Western Christian finish atop their respective classes, as the Iowa High School Athletic Association released its final boys’ basketball rankings of the season in Class 1A and 2A. Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Clear Lake remain top-ranked in Class 4A and 3A, which has one more set of rankings next week.

Ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, Clear Creek Amana got some big moments from Lena Evans down the stretch, some big boards by both of it big girls, and held off No. 11 Marion, 66-58, in a Wamac Conference cross-division girls’ basketball game Friday night at Clear Creek Amana High School.

Girls’ basketball: Examining the regional brackets in 5A and 4A.

Girls’ basketball Super Ten: Status quo from last week to this week; Clear Creek Amana remains a firm No. 1.

North Linn’s boys’ basketball team lost a couple of weeks ago to Alburnett and slipped from first to second in the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s rankings in Class 1A. The Lynx went from second to third last week despite not losing. But a 69-60 win this past Friday night at then-No. 1 Bellevue Marquette has moved North Linn back to the top spot in the class this week.

Despite an overtime loss at West Des Moines Valley, Cedar Rapids Prairie continues to climb in The Gazette’s area high school girls’ basketball Super Ten rankings.