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Wheelchair travel forms bond between native and visitor 
When Ryan Chalmers, 24, arrived in Newton on Saturday, it marked the 35th day of his 71-day journey across America in his racing wheelchair.
Although Chalmers planned to continue through Marion County on Saturday, Torey Hett of Marion asked if he might consider staying until Sunday morning and take part in the Challenge Games at Derby.
Like Hett, Chalmers also was born with spina bifida, which is an incomplete closure of the spinal column, and means they do not have complete use of their legs.
With Chalmers averaging 60 to 70 miles a day since starting his journey April 6, one of the first questions Hett asked Chalmers was if he became sore traveling those distances.
“He told me the first week he was, but that now he is getting used to it,” Hett said.
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Warriors drop games to Bennington
Written by Janae Rempel Friday, 08 February 2013 23:27
It wasn’t a fairytale ending for Marion on homecoming night, as both Warrior basketball teams dropped Friday’s games to Bennington. The girls fell by a score of 57-45, while the boys dropped a 52-41 contest to the Bulldogs.
GIRLS – Marion once again struggled to get a good start in Friday’s game, scoring only two baskets in the first quarter to face a 12-4 deficit at the end of the opening period. The Bulldogs built a 17-6, double-digit lead with 6:30 to play before half, and the Warriors never closed the gap within seven points the duration of the half. Despite seven points from Erin Meierhoff in the period, the Bulldogs held a 27-17 lead at the break.
Things final began to click into place for the Warriors in the third period. Kaelyn Thierolf and Katey Ehrlich had back-to-back scores to close the gap to 27-22 at 5:20, and Marion later enjoyed an 8-0 run that tied the game at 30 when Kirsten Hansen scored off a Thierolf steal with 2:54 left in the third. The Bulldogs answered, and held a narrow 34-32 lead going into the final quarter of play.
Thierolf evened the score at 34 half a minute into the fourth quarter, but the Bulldogs put up five unanswered points before Ehrlich gave Marion two points from the charity stripe for a 39-36 Bulldog margin with 5:35 left to play. Bennington sank a three-point shot 13 seconds later, and while Kelli Hess drained a three-point basket at 3:58 to again narrow the gap to three, 44-41, the Warriors could not overcome the deficit. Warrior shots refused to drop until Ehrlich made one of two shots from the charity stripe with 1:17 left to play. Hess drained another three-point basket with 50 seconds left, but the Bulldogs still led, 51-45. With Marion forced to foul, Bennington scored its final six points from the charity stripe to claim the 12-point victory.
Erin Meierhoff led the Warriors with 10 total points.
BOYS – After bursting out of the gate with a 10-0 start, the Warriors endured an ugly second quarter and never fully recovered in Friday’s 52-41 loss to Bennington. Marion came out on fire, scoring 10 unanswered points thanks to two baskets behind the arc by Ethan Hett and two baskets by Jacob Harper to claim a double-digit lead at the 5:46 mark. The Warriors lost steam on offense, however, and the Bulldogs closed the gap to 12-9 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter proved fatal for the Warriors, who did not score a point the duration of the period. Bennington assumed a 13-12 lead 34 seconds into the period, and, taking advantage of missed Warrior shots and a few costly turnovers, surged to a 22-12, double-digit lead at the half.
The Warriors continued to battle on defense, but did not add points to the board until 5:49 remained in the third when Jordan Hett made two free-throws. The Bulldogs surged 5-0 before Harper answered with two points from the charity stripe at the 2:40 mark, which ignited a 7-0 Marion surge to draw within 29-21 on an Austin Pedersen three-point basket with 41 seconds left in the period. Bennington held a 30-23 lead going into the final quarter of play.
The Bulldogs pushed the lead back to double figures to open the fourth quarter after capitalizing on a steal, but a Harper three-point basket followed by a basket by Hett brought Marion within 34-28. But Bennington drained two baskets from behind the arc in 32 seconds to again push the lead to 10, 40-30. The teams traded scores, and Marion found a bit of a spark when Pedersen hit a basket behind the arc with 3:15 left on the clock, which ignited a 7-0 surge by the Warriors that closed the gap to 45-41 when Harper scored off a steal at the 1:54 mark. It would be the Warriors’ final points of the night. Bennington scored three points from the charity stripe and added two baskets in the final 40 seconds to claim the 11-point victory.
Harper led the Marion attack with 19 total points.
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