Musicians honored

Marion Middle School received I ratings for 7th and 8th grade girls and boys vocal ensembles and I and II ratings for band at Heart of America League’s music festival March 10 at Hutchinson.

Solo singer Sara Groening scored I+; Calleigh Soyez, Autumn Haskin, Haiti Schafers, Alyera Koehn, and Georgia Madgwick each receive I ratings; Quenton Taylor, II+; and Alexis Hostetler and Lacey Willingham, II. Cooper Bailey, playing trumpet, scored I. The low brass ensemble scored I-, and the percussion, saxophone, trumpet, and woodwind ensembles each scored II.