Official account of the Marion High School Athletic Department. #SACRIFICE
Marion, IL 📍
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Your watch has ended, coach. We thank you for everything! You are simply the best! Go enjoy your family. We’ll always be here for you.
🙏🏻🐐💙💛@section618 @STLhssports @wmixsports @Channel1450com @1035ESPN @GabiSorrentino_ @MonsterWGGH @wqrl
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Thank you Coach Finke and the Champaign Central Maroons! This is how they left our varsity locker room...perfect! First class program all the way! #ELEVATE
@maroonathletics
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Thank you to everyone that attended “One More for AP3” tonight. You all are proof that AP was truly a beloved son, brother, friend and teammate.
We will never forget the impact he made on our community. #AP3Forever〽️💙💛🙏🏻
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Thank you @AaronHenry7 of @IlliniFootball for stopping by and checking out our guys! Tons of good things happening here within @Wildcatcoach15 football program! #famILLy #JoinTheFight
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Big congrats to Justin Shadowens! Justin will continue his academic and basketball career at John A Logan next fall!
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Congrats to Coach Gus Gillespie! Coach was named the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association District 21 Coach of The Year! 〽️🏀
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We have so many heavy hearts in Marion today. AP was truly a special person and one of the best to ever put on the blue & gold. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends during this difficult time.
His legacy will live forever. 🙏🏻
#APForever〽️💙💛
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HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE! Jackson Connor just passed Wildcat Legend Greg Starrick as Marion High School’s all-time leading scorer! Greg’s record stood for 53 years! Congrats, Jackson! #ELEVATE
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Wildcat Basketball finishes 22-12. Carbondale “AA” Champs Carbondale “Plus” Champs
Regional Champs
Sectional Champs
And just went toe to toe with the #2 ranked team in 3A in their backyard in the Elite 8. Heckuva run fellas, Marion Basketball is back. 〽️🏀
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Congrats to Justin Shadowens on reaching the 1,000 Point Club! Shad is only the 22nd player in MHS history to score at least 1,000 points.
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3A Centralia Sectional Final:
Wildcats 71 East Side 68 F/OT
Schafer hits a 3 as time expires!!! Wildcats are headed to the SUPER!
What. A. GAME.
@deuceandabuse @wmixsports @SIprepsports @1035ESPN
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BREAKING NEWS! Wildcat Football Head Coach Kerry Martin will return to the sidelines this fall! Coach was just approved at tonight’s Unit 2 Board meeting! 〽️🏈 #ELEVATE
@deuceandabuse @1035espn @wmixsports @writingump @stlhssports @jhurstsports
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Congrats to longtime Wildcat Football assistant, Jason Dunning! Coach Dunning was officially hired by the Unit 2 Board tonight as our next head football coach! Congrats and well deserved! #FINISH🏈 @STLhssports @1035ESPN @wmixsports @section618 @thesouthernspt @JakeSiegelTV
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This win marks the 100th Wildcat Win for @Wildcatcoach15! He now has 191 for his career! @wmixsports @wqrl @SIprepsports @deuceandabuse
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Wildcat Basketball was just named @1035ESPN Team of the YEAR!!! Way to go, fellas!!! 〽️🏀
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Jackson Connor is officially a John A. Logan Volunteer! Congrats, Jackson! We’re so proud of you! 〽️🏀 #5 #2018 @deuceandabuse @wmixsports @1035espn @stlhssports @writingump
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Congrats to Hunter Simmons! Hunter will continue his academic and football career at SIU next fall! #GoDawgs🏈
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Coach Gus Gillespie received his @ibcacoaches District 21 Coach of The Year Award at ISU this weekend! 〽️🏀
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Big Crowd ✔️
Rivalry Game ✔️
Jackson Connor ✈️
Icing on the 🎂 ✔️
W ✔️
@deuceandabuse
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3A Centralia Sectional:
Wildcats 49 Columbia 41 Final
HOW SWEET IT IS! SWEET 16 BOUND! 🏀〽️🔥
@deuceandabuse @1035ESPN @SIprepsports @wmixsports @wqrl
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THIS!!! 👇🏻
I don’t care if you’re a Wildcat or Tiger this is what we’ve missed for so long! High school student sections are back! 💯🙏🏻
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LET’S GOOOOO!!! We’re so proud of you @Its_Dwavy !!!
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Marissa Holmes sets the new Lady Cat Indoor High Jump record of 5’1” in THE 1ST TRACK MEET SHE HAS EVER COMPETED IN! 👀 @DyeStat @deuceandabuse @_IL_Top_Times
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3A Springfield Super-Sectional:
Southeast 56 Wildcats 51 Final
So proud of our coaches and kids. GREAT season.
@deuceandabuse @SIprepsports @wmixsports @1035ESPN
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Boys Basketball:
Wildcats 68 Memphis Central 52 Final
Wildcats win the AA championship! First time since 1987! Play tonight at 8pm for the “plus” championship! 🏀〽️
@wmixsports @wqrl @SIprepsports @1035ESPN
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Congrats to @M_jackson_34_ on being drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 36th RD of the MLB Draft today! 👀🔥⚾️ #TomahawkChop
@deuceandabuse @1035ESPN @wmixsports @writingump @STLhssports
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Congrats to Wildcat Basketball Head Coach Gus Gillespie! Coach was selected as the Marion Star’s Boys’ Basketball Coach of The Year after the Wildcats posted a 22-12 record overall and won the 3A Regional Championship for the second time in three years!
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Even though the score wasn’t what we wanted, Mieldezis Strong night was a huge success! Thank you @CCHSTerriers and to everyone that helped raise over $4700 tonight for the family!
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We LOVE the Gillespie Family! No doubt @ibcacoaches #CoachOfTheYear 〽️🏀🔥
Thank you Marion for showing so much appreciation for my dad. Y'all are awesome. He hasn't smiled like that in a long time.
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The winner of the first ever “Porter Quarter” in memory of Aaron Porter...
Tim Surburg!!!! #AP3Forever🙏🏻
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Your 2018 3A Carbondale Regional Champs!
🔥〽️🏀🏆 @deuceandabuse @SIprepsports @Sports_DR @wmixsports @1035ESPN
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Congrats to @JCHS_Indians Football on an amazing run! Williamson County had a heckuva year! Hey @1035ESPN go ahead and give our neighbors to the north that team of the year plaque!
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#618Football update:
Congrats, David! We’re proud of you! nitter.app/davidfletcher00/status…
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Boys Basketball:
Wildcats 54 Cardinal Ritter 48 Final
Wildcats are your 2017 Carbondale Holiday Tourney PLUS CHAMPS! 1st time in school history! 🏀〽️🔥
@wmixsports @wqrl @SIprepsports @1035ESPN @deuceandabuse @DavidMWilhelm
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Thank you Illinois National Guard for allowing Wildcat Football to wear these amazing jerseys for our week 1 game vs Mahomet-Seymour! #PatriotGame🇺🇸 #THRIVE
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Boys Basketball (Olney Regional Final)
Wildcats 41 Olney 38 Final
Wildcats take down the last undefeated team in the state to claim the 3A title! #EARNIT @deuceandabuse @1035ESPN @wmixsports @STLhssports @kfvssports @writingump @section618 @spydieshooter @JakeSiegelTV
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Wildcats 38 Centralia 14 Final
Congrats to Head Coach Kerry Martin! This win marks his 200th career victory! @deuceandabuse @LesWinkeler @1035ESPN @wmixsports @wqrl
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How’s this for a preseason pep talk?! @Cardinals Lance Lynn stopped by for a little Q and A after workouts today! We greatly appreciate you stopping by, Lance! Go Cards! ⚾️
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Thank you, Seniors! We’re going to miss all of you!
#Blue&GoldForever 〽️🏈
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Proud of you @D4real28Darryl !
#TheTruth #KeepClimbing 〽️
🥈 SECOND IN THE NATION 🥈
@D4real28Darryl matches his lifetime best at 7-5 in the high jump, tying for 2nd place at the NCAA Indoor Championships! #ncaaTF #BounceSquad 🐰🍊
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Congrats to Justin Shadowens for being named the West Frankfort Mid-Winter Classic Tournament MVP! We're proud of you! #999
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Congrats, David Fletcher! Smart, talented, coachable, hardworking, dedicated, great teammate and loyal to the blue & gold of MHS!
〽️🏈🏀⚾️ buff.ly/2m3AkEd
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Congrats to Margaux Bruce! She is headed to the IHSA State Tennis Finals! This is the moment she found out she was state bound. 6-0 6-1 over Harper-Carbondale.
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TD CATS, TD DK!! Cats lead 43-40 w/ 3.5 seconds to play!! @deuceandabuse @wmixsports @LesWinkeler @1035ESPN @wqrl @DatelineSports
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Congrats to Justin Shadowens on receiving the Ron Herrin Award at the 30th All Star Classic Basketball Game at John A Logan!
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There’s no place like home! #ClassOf2020 #BeTheLight #ELEVATE @IHSA_IL @deuceandabuse @1035ESPN @STLhssports @wmixsports @spydieshooter
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BREAKING- The IHSA Board votes to move forward with basketball despite the IDPH & Governor’s orders. Wrestling has been moved to April. Wow.
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DYLON NALLEY IS YOUR 2A BOYS CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPION!!! 🏆 WE’RE SO PROUD OF YOU YOUNG MAN!!! 🙌🏻☝🏻@STLhssports @MileSplitIL @ILXCTF @1035ESPN @wmixsports @GabiSorrentino_ @thesouthernspt @section618
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What an amazing atmosphere tonight in Olney. Hats off to AD Matt Music and staff! The community of Olney has so much to be proud of in their basketball team and school! Thanks for a great game @BasketballOlney 🤝
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💥BREAKING💥 Wildcat XC & Track and Field star Dylon Nalley has officially decided to continue his academic and running career at Indiana University! You make us incredibly proud young man! #GoIU @areasports @deuceandabuse @STLhssports @MileSplitIL @ILXCTF @1035ESPN @section618
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Boys Basketball:
Wildcats 45 Mt Vernon 44 Final
Big win for the Cats! Great game! @deuceandabuse @SIprepsports @wqrl @1035ESPN
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Huge thanks to Jay & Michelle Schafer, Roman & Brandi Basi and Unit 2 Schools for sponsoring TWO PEP BUSES for Friday night’s Sectional Championship! Also, a big thanks to Little Caesars for donating dinner! Here come the @marionmaniacs!
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How cool is this?!! Wildcat Bass anglers Drew Herrmann and Wyatt Gabby advance to the Bassmaster Nationals this summer by placing 19th out of 241 boats! 👀🎣
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Wildcat Basketball player Justin Saddoris was named “Special Mention” IBCA 3A/4A All State. Heckuva season, Justin! 🏀〽️ ibcaillinois.org/all-state-a…
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Congrats to former Wildcat and current John A Logan golfer, Brendan Lewis! Brendan has signed to play golf at Belmont University next year!
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Shout out to the best athletic secretary Tiffany Homoya for the wonderful job she did selling basketball sectional tickets today! Also, special thanks to MHS secretary Rachel Garrett for lending a hand! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Evan Noelle scored 967 points during his 3 year varsity career for the Wildcats. If it wasn’t for the COVID shortened season (10 games) during his sophomore year he would have easily eclipsed the 1,000 point mark. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for him! 🏀
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Wildcats 43 Rochelle 40 Final
#LongLiveTheWood @deuceandabuse @wmixsports @LesWinkeler @1035ESPN @wqrl @DatelineSports
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ALERT! Jerzy Bittle just surpassed Clarissa Gross as the all time leading scorer for Marion Wildcat Girls Basketball in the 1st Quarter vs Meridian! Congrats, Jerzy!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @1035espn @wmixsports @thesouthernspt @stlhssports @section618 @JakeSiegelTV
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Dylon Nalley you’re an amazing young man and you make our school, community and region so proud! You’ll always be remembered as one of the greatest athletes and teammates to ever wear the blue and gold of MHS! Well done young man!🥇🏆 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @MileSplitIL @ILXCTF
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Marion 3A Boys Basketball Regional:
Wildcats 61 Herrin 54 Final
Wildcats are regional champs! 〽️🏀🏆
@deuceandabuse @section618 @JHurstSports @1035ESPN @stlhssports @wmixsports @writingump @Kendrasheehan_ @IHSAScoreZone
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Congrats to Coach Galloway, Coach Sinks and our girls’ golf team on winning the 2018 South 7 Championship today! First title since 2009. All 6 girls made all conference in the process! Medalist was Baylee Kelley (83)! 〽️🏆 @deuceandabuse @1035ESPN @LesWinkeler @wmixsports
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Congrats, Cavan Cameron! Cavan has decided to continue his academic and baseball career at Southeastern Illinois College next year! While pitching for MHS, Cavan had a career record of (15-1)! @JHurstSports @deuceandabuse @STLhssports @1035ESPN @wmixsports @writingump
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Congrats on a great season! There are many teams in our area that would give anything to put their hands on one of those big 🏆!!
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Congrats to Coach Martin, staff and players! Co- South 7 Champs & playoff eligible for the 13th straight year! #LongLiveTheWood
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We’re blessed to work with some amazing people at MHS! Huge thanks to ALL of our cooks, custodians, secretaries and admin for #ELEVATING their efforts in order to help our kids and community! 〽️🙏🏻 #WeAreMarion
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Shout out to former Wildcat Cheerleader Mackenzie Poole! Mackenzie is a 3rd year cheer captain and senior at @SLU_Official ! She is getting ready to cheer on her Billikens in the 1st RD of the NCAA Tourney vs Virginia Tech this Friday night in San Jose, CA!
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Congrats to Morgan Andrews! Morgan has decided to continue her academic and softball career at McKendree University next year! @deuceandabuse @1035espn @writinggump @wmixsports
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Congrats to Wyatt Gabby and Drew Herrmann, Illinois Bass Nation State Champs!!!! They caught 20.30 lbs to beat the second place team by over 2lbs! Today’s win will also qualify them for Bassmaster Nationals! @STLhssports @deuceandabuse @1035ESPN @wmixsports @LesWinkeler
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It’s official! Morgan Dodd will continue her academic and softball career at Murray State University! We’re proud of you!
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Did you know?
Darryl Sullivan is the 3RD OLYMPIAN to graduate from Marion High School over the years! 🤯😳
Levi Casey, Triple Jump, 1928 (Amsterdam) (Silver medalist)
Cameron Wright, High Jump, 1996 (Atlanta)
Darryl Sullivan, High Jump, 2021 (Tokyo)
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Jerzy Bittle just became the 10th player in Lady Wildcat Basketball history to reach the 1,000 point milestone! Congrats, Jerzy! #EARNIT @1035ESPN @wmixsports @STLhssports @spydieshooter @writingump @section618 @MonsterWGGH
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Congrats Maddy Bruce!!! Maddy will continue her academic and track career at the University of Illinois next fall! 🔷🔶🔷🔶
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Congrats to Jaden Lacy, David Fletcher, Terrell Henderson and Brennan Pecord for making the 2017 SICA All South Football team! 〽️🏈
#GoWildcats
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