Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Saints get 8 pins in MVC meets

IOWA CITY - The Xavier Saints collected eight pins against  Jefferson and Iowa City West in a Mississippi Valley Conference double-dual in Iowa City Thursday night.

Keegan Schultschik (120), Patrick Chambers (126) and Josh Gerke (145)  had two pins against the traditional MVC powers. Alex Francois (220)  and Tommy Pudil (285) had pins against Jefferson.

The Saints lost to Jefferson, 49-30, and fell to Iowa City West, 47-21.

JEFFERSON 49, XAVIER 30

106: Jaden Collins (CRJ) won by forfeit

113: Dallas Hartgrave (CRJ) won by forfeit

120: Keegan Schultschik (XAVI) pinned Colton Woods, 2:57

126: Patrick  Chambers (XAVI) pinned Nathan Lauterwasser, 1:56

132: Noah Allers (CRJ) dec. Jaxson Konzen, 5-0

138: Cameron Burnell (CRJ) major dec. Clayton Drury, 14-6

145: Josh Gerke (XAVI) pinned Tyreese Smith, 1:30

152: Dustin Anderson (CRJ) pinned Garrett Ries, 4:41

160: Matt Culver (CRJ) pinned Quinn Miller, 1:20

170: Marco Esparza (CRJ) pinned Shane Scott, 1:27

182: Braxton Bolden (CRJ) pinned Collin Yanga, 2:00

195: Taylor Viktora (CRJ) pinned Erik Rodriguez, 3:38

220: Alex Francois (XAVI) pinned Dillon Primmer, 1:10

285: Tommy  Pudil (XAVI) pinned Chris Castillo, 0:43

IOWA CITY WEST 47, XAVIER 21

170 - Tyler Yoerger (ICW) pinned Collin Yanga, 2:28

182 - Ashton Stumpf (ICW) won by forfeit

195 - Landon Green (ICW) dec. Erik Rodriguez, 6-5

220 - Guy Snow (ICW) dec. Alex Francois, 9-4

285 - Tommy Pudil (ICW) dec. Nate Daniels, 3-1 (SV)

106 - hans vonRabenau (ICW) won by forfeit

113 - Keaton Speicher (ICW) won by forfeit

120 - Keegan Schultschik (XAVI) dec. Alex Aguirre, 9-4

126 - Patrick Chambers (XAVI) pinned Hunter Davis, 2:44

132 - Miguel Paredes (ICW) pinned Jaxson Konzen, 4:21

138 - Clayton Drury (XAVI) dec. Micah Blair, 6-0

145 - Josh Gerke (XAVI) pinned Jo Dixon, 1:49

152 - Nelson Brands (ICW) tech fall Garrett Ries, 23-8 (3:19)

160 - Carter Rohweder (ICW) pinned Shane Scott, 0:14

Saints bumped off by Hempstead

It was easy to look at the Xavier Saints this year and think they had  a good chance to win another Class 3A state title with lots of talent back from last season.

They still might get back to Des Moines and take a crack at a state  crown, but so far it's been a struggle.

The Saints fell apart in the third quarter Friday night and lost to  Dubuque Hempstead, 63-44, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

The loss left Xavier with a 4-7 record heading into a special  event Saturday in Omaha against Papillion-LaVista.

Matt Mims, Max Techau and Jackson Joens returned to the starting  linuep this season after helping the Saints win the 2016 state title. Nolan Butkowski, a part-time starter, and Bryce Schulte, a key  reserve, also returned this year.

"There was every reason to be optimistic when you return those guys,"  Coach Ryan Luehrsmann said Friday.

Luehrsmann is still optimistic, but the season is half-over and the  Saints have yet to hit their stride.

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Gerke takes 2nd at Marion wrestling

Josh Gerke placed second at 145 pounds for the Xavier Saints at the Loyd Shaffer Marion Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday at Marion High School.

Gerke lost to Caleb Conway of Marion, 9-3, in the championship match.

Erik Rodriguez (195) and Alex Francois (220) placed third for the Saints. Patrick Chambers (126) and Tommy Pudil (285) were fourth.

Williamsburg won the team championship. The Saints placed eighth out of 10 teams.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Williamsburg 231, 2. Wilton 189, 3. North Linn 183, 4. Marion  177.5, 5. Grinnell 152, 6. Oelwein 150, 7. Benton Community 131, 8. Xavier 123, 9. Louisa-Muscatine 110, 10. Monticello 23.

No. 10 Xavier boys cruise by Knoxville

It took the Xavier boys basketball team six weeks to win its first two games of the season, but now the Saints have won two more ballgames in  less than 24 hours.

The Class 3A 10th-ranked Saints cruised by Knoxville, 73-41, Saturday afternoon at Ron Thillen Gynasium.

The victory came less than 24 hours after the Saints defeated Iowa City High Friday night and raised Xavier's record to 4-6.

Matt Mims popped in three 3-pointers and led the Saints with 18 points  and nine assists. Max Techau scored 17 points and Nolan Butkowski chipped in with 10.

Xavier led by only two points at halftime, 31-29, but the Saints  outscored their visitors 28-9 in the third period to take control and  held Knoxville to three points in the final stanza.

KNOXVILLE (41): Olson 0 0-0 0, McClung 1 0-0 2, Davis 2 2-2 6,  McDonald 0 0-0 0, Crawford 1 4-4 7, Larson 2 2-2 7, Vaske 0 0-0 0, Little 0 0-0 0, Wallace 4 1-2 10, Liston 0 1-2 1, Johnson 0 0-0 0,  McNeill 2 2-2 8, Zuck 0 0-0 0, Peterson 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 12-14 41.

XAVIER (73): Ropp 0 0-0 0, Lux 0 0-0 0, Mims 6 3-4 18, Butkowski 4 0-0  10, Joens 3 0-0 8, Demplewolf 0 4-4 4, Q.Schulte 0 1-2 1, Moeder 2 1-2  5, Techau 6 5-9 17, Johnson 4 0-0 8, B.Schulte 1 0-0 2. Totals 26  14-21 73.

Halftime - Xavier 31, Knoxville 29. 3-point goals - Knoxville 5  (McNeill 2, Crawford 1, Larson 1, Wallace 1), Xavier 7 (Mims 3,  Butkowski 2, Joens 2).