Centralia sweeps Marion bowlers (Marion Daily Republican) MARION -- It was another day of firsts for the Marion High School bowing program. The Marion girls team bowled its first match ever, the Marion boys got their first 600-plus individual series, and everyone got to witness first-hand a near 300-game. In the end, visiting Centralia swept Marion. The varsity boys won 2,745-2,437, the varsity girls won 2,191-1,914 and the junior varsity boys won ...
Marion JV boys rally past Trojans for tourney title (Marion Daily Republican) CRAB ORCHARD -- Marion's junior varsity boys basketball team completed its quest for the Crab Orchard Turkey Tournament championship Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to upend the host Trojans, 54-49. Marion won all five of its games while Crab Orchard finished 4-1.
Marion freshman boys sweep Murphysboro (Marion Daily Republican) MARION -- Marion's freshman basketball teams opened up the season with an A-B sweep against Murphysboro at Cuss Wilson Gymnasium Monday night. In the A game, Marion outscored the Red Devils 32-20 in the middle two quarters and prevailed with a 57-50 win.
Pyramid Plus: Massac County completes sweep with win over Marion (Marion Daily Republican) MARION -- For three and a half quarters, Marion and Massac County matched each other blow for blow Saturday night in a battle of unbeaten teams at the Pyramid Plus boys basketball tournament held at Marion's Cuss Wilson Gymnasium. But to decide a champion, something had to give in the final frame of the ninth annual event's final game. And although Marion played outstanding basketball ...