Articles Tagged: Marion High School

A dozen of the top Gazette-area Iowa high school football games to watch in Week 2.

Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford kick off a season of high school football questions. Read our takes on Week 1 heroes, Week 2 contests and reasonable expectations of a first-year program.

Trey Franck has not practiced one play at quarterback. All Franck did was produce a pair of first downs that set up Marion's first TD, a 19-yard Hunter Horak run. He capped his night by throwing a 34-yard strike to Darius Rouson in the fourth quarter to seal the Wolves' impressive 15-0 win on a warm night at Clipper Field.

Marion beat Clear Creek Amana 15-0 in a Week 1 Iowa high school football game.

There are plenty of standout Iowa high school football games Friday night (and Saturday) that we preview in the first Prep Football Huddle podcast of the season. Plus, a look at our preseason rankings and storylines to watch.

After decades of playing at historic Thomas Park, Marion will play home football games at the new stadium on campus this fall. The Wolves return nine starters and 13 letterwinners from last year that ended 5-4 and one spot out of the Class 4A playoffs.

This is the sixth in a series diving into the area Iowa high school football districts for the 2023 season. Today, we examine Class 4A. Western Dubuque and Cedar Rapids Xavier are the favorites.

A 2023 watch list for top Gazette area boys’ cross country teams and individuals. Iowa City Regina is the reigning Class 1A state champion.

The Gazette’s 2023 preseason state volleyball rankings. Our No. 1 teams: Waukee Northwest, Clear Creek Amana, Des Moines Christian, Dike-New Hartford and Ankeny Christian.

Prep volleyball 2023: Eight area teams to watch. Iowa City Liberty (5A), Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A) were state champions last season.

Four Gazette area first-team all-state volleyball players return in 2023: Clear Creek Amana’s Bliss Beck, Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel, Marion’s Michaela Goad and Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester.

The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association released its all-state baseball team. Western Dubuque’s Isaac Then and Brett Harris were joined by Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Kade Knock, Solon’s Brett White and Dyersville Beckman’s Luke Sigwarth on the Super Team, which is made up of the top players regardless of class.

The Iowa high school baseball season is complete. Here are a few Gazette-area awards, including player of the year, coach of the year and team of the year.

An innocuous-looking infield hit to shortstop with one out in the fifth inning seemed to spark Carlisle, which went on to piece together a five-run rally that beat Marion, 5-2, in a Class 3A state baseball tournament quarterfinal Monday afternoon.

Photos from the Class 3A Iowa high school state baseball quarterfinal game between Marion and Carlisle at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on Monday.