Articles Tagged: Marion High School

Short-handed and short-staffed, Marion’s volleyball team reached the championship match of the Westside Invitational, but Dike-New Hartford was way too much at the end.

North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley had the closing kick to win a race-long duel with Solon’s Kayla Young in the Lynx Invitational cross country meet.

There still is one game remaining at Thomas Park but the final homecoming game for Marion at the venerable field was one to be remembered. Alex Mota’s 80-yard touchdown run gave the Wolves a 14-13 win over Decorah.

Volleyball notes: Tuesday featured some back-roads driving and a pair of showdown sweeps for Iowa City Liberty and Mount Vernon.

Iowa City Liberty swept Cedar Rapids Xavier in a battle of top-ranked volleyball teams to claim the MVC Mississippi Division championship.

Marion hung tough early, but it was diminishing returns as the game wore on. Waverly-Shell Rock finished with 353 yards on the ground in a 42-7 win.

Iowa high school volleyball notes: A reserve last year for Mount Vernon, Karlee Luneckas now plays a major role for Lisbon.

Here are a dozen Gazette-area Week 6 Iowa high school football games to watch, including a battle of Class 1A unbeatens -- West Branch at Durant.

Iowa’s high school football season has reached the second half of the regular season for all classes. We answer questions on teams, individuals and venues.

Trey Franck opted to open-enroll and continue to attend Marion, even though he moved with his family to their farm after the summer baseball season. He briefly considered transferring to a closer school, but didn’t want to leave his friends. The Wolves have won two straight games against ranked teams after an 0-2 start.

Photos from the 2022 Eastern Iowa Cross Country Classic at Seminole Valley Park in Cedar Rapids.

Marion’s Jedidiah Osgood and Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Miles Wilson smashed the course record at Seminole Valley ... 15:02 and 15:07 in the Eastern Iowa Cross Country Classic.

From Iowa City Liberty and Marion, to Cascade, East Buchanan and more, we run through the most-impressive wins of Iowa high school football Week 4 on the latest episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast.

The Gazette’s high school volleyball Super Ten rankings: Cedar Rapids Xavier stays at No. 1, Springville jumps three spots after winning its home tournament and extending its win streak to 15.

When you need to understand the wonders of high school football in Eastern Iowa, people seek our answers. Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, Nathan Ford and K.J. Pilcher address midseason MVP candidates, deep talent pools in the Metro, midseason surprises and whether seven classes work.