Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Lueck resigns as activities director at Xavier

Xavier High School principal Tom Keating announced Thursday afternoon that Steve Lueck has resigned as the school's activities director after less than six months on the job.

Keating did not give a reason for Lueck's sudden departure.

"We thank Mr. Lueck for his service to Xavier and wish him well,"  Keating said in a terse press release. "A search for a new activities  director will begin immediately."

Keating declined to shed any light on the situation during a telephone interview with the Metro Sports Report.

"He wants to do something else," said Keating. "He submitted his resignation and we'll move forward to find his replacement."

Keating declined to share Lueck's reason for leaving. "I don't want to speculate on that or share his feelings," he said.

Lueck could not be reached for comment.

Lueck succeeded Mike Winker as the school's activities director on July 1 and had been on the job for less than six months.

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Xavier girls dump Waterloo West

If you watch the Xavier girls basketball team play a few games in a  row, you realize the Saints play really good defense.

They did it again Tuesday night.

The Saints pestered Waterloo West with their long arms and quick feet and topped the Wahawks, 49-29, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game  at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

Waterloo West (3-3) averaged 56.8 points in its first five games and  star guard Aliyah Robinson was getting 18.8 per contest, but the  Saints followed their defensive game plan to perfection.

Xavier prevented Robinson from driving to the basket and gave the visitors very few second-chance opportunities.

"We play a lot of help defense, especially at practice, and helping the helper," explained senior Lexi Noonan, who led the Saints with 13  points and was a force on defense. "We all help each other out and  make sure everyone is covered and we don't leave their best player  open."

Na'Tracia Ceasar, who was averaging 16.8 points, collected only seven points against the stingy Saints, who had a good scouting report on the visitors from Waterloo.

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Joens paces No. 9 Saints by Wahawks

WATERLOO - Jackson Joens popped in four 3-pointers and scored 18 points Tuesday night as the Class 3A ninth-ranked Xavier Saints topped Waterloo West, 58-52, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in  Waterloo.

Nolan Butkowski collected 16 points, six rebounds and four steals for  the Saints (2-2). Matt Mims finished with 10 points and five assists. Max Techau provided nine points and 10 rebounds.

Carondis Harris-Anderson led Waterloo West (1-1) with 14 points.

XAVIER (58): Mims 2 5-8 10, Butkowski 4 6-10 16, Joens 5 4-4 18,  Demplewolf 0 0-0 0, Q. Schulte 1 0-0 3, Techau 4 1-3 9, Johnson 0 0-0 0, B. Schulte 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 16-25 58.

WATERLOO WEST (52): Todd 5 0-0 12, Green 1 1-2 3, Taylor 0 0-0 0,  Johnson 1 2-4 4, Pepin 0 1-2 1, Beaman 0 0-0 0, Harris-Anderson 6 1-2  14, Moore 2 1-2 5, Labeaux 6 1-4 13, O'Neal 0 0-0 0, Alexander 0 0-0  0. Totals 21 7-16 52.

Halftime - Xavier 28, Waterloo West 23. 3-point goals - Xavier 8  (Joens 4, Butkowski 2, Mims 1, Q. Schulte 1), Waterloo West 3 (Todd 2,  Harris-Anderson 1).

Gerke takes 3rd at Mount Vernon

MOUNT VERNON - Josh Gerke trimmed Paul Ryan of Mount Vernon, 3-1, to  place third at 145 pounds at the Mount Vernon Invitational Saturday.

Gerke (12-1) suffered his first loss of the season when he was pinned  by Caleb Conway of Marion in the semifinals.

Tommy Pudil finished fourth for Xavier at 285 pounds and Alex Francois  placed fifth at 220.

Lisbon won the team title. The Saints finished 13th out of 14 teams  with 51 points.