Marion’s Jayden May slides safely to third base as Canton-Galva’s Jayci Mastre attempts the tag during the third inning of the teams’ Class 2-1A regional quarterfinal game Monday. Janae Rempel / Free Press The Marion softball team was one win from qualifying for the state tournament, going 2-1 in the Class 2-1A Moundridge regional last week, which ended with a […]

The combined Marion/Peabody-Burns golf team competed at the Heart of America league tournament at Hesston Monday. Max Caldwell paved the way for the Warriors by carding an 18-hole score of 101, good for 15th place among a field of 39 golfers. Hap Waddell shot a 109 (20th), Koby Hett 119 (25th), Miles Olson 122 (28th) and Anderson Waddell 141 (37th). […]

The Marion track and field team competed at the Heart of America league meet hosted by Moudridge Friday. “We had a very good day at the HOA (meet),” coach Grant Thierolf said. “Many PRs and some very good performances.” Heidi Grimmett set a school record in the 1,600 with a time 5 minutes, 28.35 seconds, good for second place. She […]

The combined Marion/Peabody-Burns golf team competed in the Marion County 36-hole invitational Friday. Each golfer played 18 holes in Marion and 18 holes in Hillsboro. Max Caldwell paved the way for the Warriors with a 36-hole score of 219 (117 Marion, 102 Hillsboro), good for 30th place among a field of 39 golfers. Hap Waddell shot a 231 (118, 113), […]

The Marion track and field team competed at Remington Friday in its only outing of the week. “We had a good day overall with a high number of PRs, so we were pretty happy with the results,” coach Grant Thierolf said. “Our distance crew had a good day with 5 PRs out of six races. It was a fun day at […]

Grace Overton makes the catch to record the second out of the fifth inning of Game 1 with Sedgwick Friday. Marion won, 13-3 in five innings. Janae Rempel/Free Press The Marion softball team enjoyed a 4-0 week with doubleheader sweeps of Sedgwick and Bennington. Sedgwick—Marion outscored the Cardinals 33-3 in two games Friday, recording 27 hits to Sedgwick’s nine. “Against […]

The combined Marion/Peabody-Burns junior varsity golf team competed twice last week. At the Goessel junior varsity invitational Friday, Miles Olson paved the way with a nine-hole score of 52, good for 13th place among a field of 37 golfers. Ben Schneider was 21st (58), and Anderson Waddell 31st (66). Competing at Hesston Monday, Hap Waddell shot a 55, Olson 58, […]

The Marion track and field team competed at Beloit Friday. “We had a very productive day on Friday at the Beloit Relays,” coach Grant Thierolf said. “We were able to see many of the teams and athletes we will compete against at league and state, and it was a great day to learn some things about our track and field […]

Chase Stringer slides home safely during the second inning of Game 2 with Sedgwick Friday. The run gave Marion an early, 2-0 lead. The Warriors won, 7-3. Janae Rempel / Free Press The Marion baseball team handed undefeated Sedgwick its first Heart of America losses Friday to top the league standings with two doubleheaders remaining in the regular season. The […]

I turned the calendar page from March to April and allergies hit me like a 90 mph fastball in a catcher’s glove. For those of you who, like me, suffer from seasonal allergies, you know the drill. The henbit pops up in the fields, a visually-appealing but deceptive purple carpet that’s prone to leave me sniffling and sneezing. Add in […]