Marion County celebrated Homecoming and split a doubleheader with Mark Twain on Friday night.
The Mustang boys broke away early for a 72-37 win over Mark Twain….
Brad Boyer with the call on NEMOPressbox.com. Marion County lead 22-6 after one quarter. Joey Lagemann led the Mustangs with 15 points and was our Freeman Financial and Insurance co-Player of the Game, along with a special young man in Elliot Dougherty. Thanks to the help of both teams at the end of the game, Dougherty hit a shot just before the buzzer for the final score. The Mustangs have won five in a row and improve to 13-5. Head coach Reed Plunkett was away with his ailing newborn in St. Louis. Girls coach Ryan Wood took his place on the bench. The Tigers drop to 3-12.
Jenna Ross scored 20 points to lead the Mark Twain girls to a 55-34 victory. It was 11-9 early in the second quarter when the Lady Tigers went on a 14-3 run to close the half….
Ross was our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. Mark Twain won its 4th in a row to improve to 7-9. Aylah Pollard led all scorers with 22. Marion County drops to 13-5. Grace Jensen Page was named Homecoming Queen.
Marion County visits Knox County on Monday, while Mark Twain travels to Wright City.
postgame with Marion County coach Ryan Wood:
postgame with Mark Twain girls coach Grant Fricke:
