Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Lembeck wears crown at Marion Invy

Clint Lembeck of Xavier captured the 138-pound title at the Loyd Shaffer Invitational Saturday at Marion High School.

Lembeck, who is ranked No. 2 in Class 3A, raised his record to 24-1 with a 10-4 victory over Sam Elliott of Northwest Blue Valley in the finals.

Williamsburg won the championship in the 12-team tournament. Marion finished sixth and Xavier placed seventh.

Marion got second-place showings from Caleb Conway (145) and Colin Conway (152). Trey Clifton finished third for the Indians at 138.

Xavier got a second-place finish from Jeff Vipond at 113. The Saints got third-place showings from Keegan Schultschik (120), Josh Gerke (145) and Alex Francois (220).

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Williamsburg 218.5, 2. Oelwein 201, 3. Northwest Blue Valley 144, 4. Keokuk 142, 5. North Linn 135.5, 6. Marion 128, 7. Xavier 126.5, 8. Benton 120, 9. Grinnell 114.5, 10. Wilton 107.5, 11. Monticello 84, 12. Louisa-Muscatine 63.

Xavier girls dumped by City High

IOWA CITY - Sydney Schroder scored 19 points Friday night and Ashley Joens had 18 as sixth-ranked Iowa City High pounded the Xavier Saints, 65-32, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Iowa City.

Lexi Noonan led the Saints (7-7) with 10 points.

Iowa City High raised its record to 11-1.

No. 4 Saints rally past City High

The fourth-ranked Xavier boys basketball team rallied from a 29-20 halftime deficit to beat Iowa City High, 59-52, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Friday at Xavier.

Mitchell Burger popped in five 3-pointers and scored 21 points for the Saints (9-1). Matthew Mims had 14 points, four steals and five assists. Max Techau collected 10 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks.

Xavier outscored Iowa City High 17-10 in the third quarter and 22-13 in the fourth.

The Little Hawks fell to 8-4.

XAVIER (59): Burger 6 4-4 21, Mims 4 4-4 14, Butowski 0 2-2 2, Fettkether 0 0-0 0, Joens 3 1-1 9, Stulken 1 0-0 3, Techau 4 2-3 10. Totals 18 13-14 58.

Halftime – Iowa City High 29, Xavier 20. 3-point goals – Xavier 10 (Burger 5, Mims 2, Joens 2, Stulken).

Briggs enjoying perfect year with Jeff

There's only one word to describe the season Kyle Briggs is having with the Cedar Rapids Jefferson wrestling team.

Perfect.

Briggs raised his record to 26-0 Thursday night with a technical fall as the 10th-ranked J-Hawks defeated Xavier, 53-27, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Jefferson.

Briggs is ranked No. 2 in Class 3A at 152 pounds and has won major titles this season at the Keith Young Invitational, Southeast Polk Invitational and West Des Moines Valley tournament. He also finished 5-0 at the Pipestone Duals in Minnesota and has cruised through his conference bouts as well.

Briggs finished with a 35-9 record last year and placed eighth at the state tournament at 132 pounds, but he's made a big jump this year at his new and more comfortable weight class.

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