Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Gerke wins wrestling title at Independence

INDEPENDENCE - Xavier senior Josh Gerke pinned Colton Vest of South  Tama in 4 minutes Saturday to win the 145-pound title at the Independence tournament.

Gerke raised his record to 8-0 for the young season by winning all of  his matches in pool competition and the championship round.

Alex Francois placed fourth for the Saints at 220 pounds. Keegan  Schultschik finished sixth at 120.

Xavier finished 13th out of 25 teams with 115 points. New Hamption won  the title with 285 points.

Xavier girls fall to No. 7 IC West

It's just the first week of December, but Xavier Coach Tom Lilly  already has a raspy voice from yelling instructions at his team.

Lilly's vocal chords got a real workout Friday night as the Saints  fell to seventh-ranked Iowa City West, 44-35, in a ragged Mississippi Valley Conference game at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

"Move! Move!," barked Lilly at one point. "Screen! Screen!"

Sometimes his instructions worked and sometimes they didn't as the  Saints committed a string of costly turnovers. The Trojans also committed their fair share of mistakes, but the visitors had 6-foot-1  junior Logan Cook and she was the best player on the floor.

Cook finished with a game-high 16 points and was the only player on  either team to score in double figures.

Lilly tried his best to steer his club to an upset with directions to  "Post up! Diagonal! Get out there!"

Kiana Stanek tied the game for Xavier at 21-21 by popping in a  3-pointer with with seven minutes left in the third quarter and Kylie Brown pulled the Saints within 24-23 with a layup shortly after.

Things got a little out of control after that as Iowa City West (3-0,  2-0) scored 13 straight points to grab a commanding 37-23 lead early in the fourth quarter as the Saints (2-2, 1-1) hit a scoring drought.

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Saints collect five pins in opener

The Xavier Saints collected five pins Thursday night in a 38-36 loss  to Washington in the first wrestling meet of the season.

Keegan Schultschik (120), Patrick Chambers (132), Josh Gerke (145),  Collin Yanga (182) and Alex Francois (220) had pins for Xavier.

Gerke had the quickest pin of the match in 35 seconds.

Will Foreman (126), Tyonchi Johnson (160), Ethan Ziadeh (170) and  Jared Scherrman (195) had pins for the Warriors.

WASHINGTON 38, XAVIER 36

113 - Double forfeit.
120 - Keegan Schultschik (X) pinned Jason Techau, 1:19.
126 - Will Foreman (W) pinned Jaxson Konzen (X), 1:16.
132 - Patrick Chambers (X) pinned Dalton Lauderdale, 3:36.
138 - Chris Karamitros (W) major dec. Clayton Drury, 14-4.
145 - Josh Gerke (X) pinned Herz Hashim, 0:35.
152 - Logan Sears (W) major dec. Garrett Ries, 11-2.
160 - Tyonchi Johnson (W) pinned Jonathan Bell, 3:29.
170 - Ethan Ziadeh (W) pinned Thomas Tobin, 1:57.
182 - Collin Yanga (X) pinned Jeremiah Oliver, 2:40.
195 - Jared Scherrman (W) pinned Kyle Krezec, 1:27.
220 - Alex Francois (X) pinned William Faulkner, 3:21.
285 - Tommy Pudil (X) won by forfeit.
106 - Aden Abram (W) won by forfeit.

Xavier girls spank Wahlert, 73-40

DUBUQUE - Lexi Noonan led the scoring parade with 16 points Tuesday night as the Xavier Saints thumped Dubuque Wahlert, 73-40, in a Mississippi Valley Conference basketball game in Dubuque.

Emily Jasper contributed 14 points for Xavier (2-1). Kylie Brown and Amelia Ivester notched 12 points apiece as four Saints scored in double figures.

Krystal Tranel led Wahlert (0-2) with 18 points.

XAVIER (73): Arnold 0 2-2 2, Stanek 0 1-2 1, Hoffman 0 0-0 0, Daniels 3 0-0 8, Diebold 0 0-0 0, Marshall 0 0-0 0, Cooling 0 0-0 0, Brown 6 0-0 12, Noonan 7 2-2 16, Steffen 1 0-0 2, Callahan 1 0-0 2, Ivester 6 0-0 12, Jasper 7 0-0 14, Stovie 2 0-0 4. Totals 33 5-7 73.

WAHLERT (40): Hocking 1 0-0 2, Vance 2 0-0 4, Ott 1 0-0 2, Wachter 1 0-0 2, Varley 1 0-0 3, Herrig 3 0-0 7, Tranel 5 7-7 18, K.Osterberger 1 0-0 2, E.Osterberger 0 0-0 0, Klein 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 7-7 40.

Halftime - Xavier 38, Wahlert 27. 3-point goals - Xavier 2 (Daniels 2), Wahlert 3 (Varley 1, Herrig 1, Tranel 1).