Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Crane, Zaugg lead Saints vs Hempstead

Cheyanne Crane had a 213 game and Tanya Zaugg rolled a 376 series to lead the Xavier girls bowling team in a 2,525 to 2,366 loss to Dubuque Hempstead in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet Tuesday at May City Bowl.

Kassidy Gerken led the Mustangs with a 395 series.

HEMPSTEAD: Kassidy Gerken 220-175=395, Natalie Leach 215-151=366, Elsa Schmidt 180-183=363, Kaitlin Weber 158-138=296, Sierra Thurston 159-134=293, Liz John 117-146=263.

XAVIER: Tanya Zaugg 188-188=376, Cheyanne Crane 213-143=356, Ella Schrader 161-189=350, Abby Scott 128-138=266, Jamsion Janson 129-106=235, Katie Langholz 106-100=206.

Hempstead: 1,714-812=2,525

Xavier: 1,583-783=2,366.

Techau helps No. 4 Saints top Hempstead

DUBUQUE – Max Techau scored 16 points to lead the fourth-ranked Xavier boys basketball team to a 51-48 win over Dubuque Hempstead in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Tuesday at Hempstead.

Matthew Mims added 11 points and four assists for the Saints (8-1).

Connor Duax and Ryan McDonough scored 12 points apiece for Dubuque Hempstead (4-5).

XAVIER (51): Burger 4 0-1 8, Mims 2 6-6 11, Butkowski 2 0-1 5, Joens 1 0-0 2, Stulken 2 4-5 9, Techau 8 0-0 16, Burns 0 0-0 0, Fettkether 0 0-0 0, Whitten 0 0-0 0, Demplewolf 0 0-0 0, Schulte 0 0-0 0, Houtakker 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 10-13 51.

Halftime – Xavier 31, Dubuque Hempstead 14. 3-point goals – Xavier 3 (Mims, Butkowski, Stulken).

Noonan, Andersen spark Xavier girls

Lexi Noonan scored 15 points and McKenna Andersen added 12 as the Xavier girls basketball team beat Dubuque Hempstead, 39-29, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Tuesday at Xavier.

The Saints improved to 7-6.

Calee O’Hare scored 10 points for the Mustangs (3-10). Hempstead scored only 10 points in the first half.

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD (29): Paulsen 0 0-0 0, Bitter 0 0-0 0, Kluesner 0 0-0 0, Schaul 1 0-0 2, Snitker 0 4-4 4, Fleckenstein 0 2-4 2, Kallaher 1 0-0 3, O’Hare 4 0-0 10, Krug 3 0-0 8, Doyle 0 0-0 0, Groneau 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 6-8 29.

XAVIER (39): Noonan 6 3-3 15, Joens 1 1-2 3, Ivester 0 0-0 0, Dickes 2 0-2 4, Andersen 3 4-4 12, Stanek 2 0-0 5, Callahan 0 0-0 0, Steffen 0 0-0 0, Kadlec 0 0-0 0, Stovie 0 0-0 0, Helms 0 0-0 0, Cooling 0 0-0 0, Hoffman 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 8-11 39.

Halftime – Xavier 17, Dubuque Hempstead 10. 3-point goals – Dubuque Hempstead 5 (O’Hare 2, Krug 2, Kallaher), Xavier 3 (Andersen 2, Stanek).

Andersen wins Metro Spotlight Award

McKenna Andersen of Xavier is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Andersen, a 5-foot-9 senior, has been on a hot streak for the Xavier girls basketball team and is averaging 17.5 points with twelve 3-pointers in her last four ballgames.

The hot streak began when Andersen scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to help the Saints defeat Davenport Assumption on Dec. 22 to give Coach Tom Lilly the 500th victory of his career.

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