Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Vipond, Lembeck win mat titles

MOUNT VERNON - Jeff Vipond and Clint Lembeck of Xavier won individual titles at the Mount Vernon wrestling tournament Saturday.

Vipond claimed the 113-pound title with a 5-2 victory over Gannon Cook of East Buchanan. Lembeck captured the 138-pound crown with a 13-1 major decision over Cooper White of West Marshall.

Josh Gerke placed second at 145 pounds for the Saints.

The Marion Indians saw Colin Conway finish second at 152, Caleb Conway place third at 145 and Brady Bartz finish fourth at 160.

Davenport Assumption won the team championship. Xavier placed fifth out of 13 teams and Marion was 10th.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Davenport Assumption 210, 2. Lisbon 202, 3. Mount Vernon 194.5, 4. West Liberty 161, 5. Xavier 143, 6. West Marshall 115.5, 7. East Buchanan 89, 8. Sigourney-Keota 86.5, 9. Mid-Prairie 78, 10. Marion 69, 11. Beckman Catholic 67, 12. Louisa-Muscatine 33, 13. Anamosa 24.

No. 7 Kennedy girls bop Xavier

The seventh-ranked Kennedy girls basketball team glided past Xavier, 47-25, Friday at Kennedy after leading 25-7 at halftime.

Lela Sellers had 18 points for the Cougars (5-1) and Olivia Hellweg added eight points.

Meghan Joens had seven points for the Saints (2-4).

XAVIER (25): Bastian 0 0-0 0, Noonan 0 2-4 2, Joens 3 1-2 7, Ivester 2 0-0 4, Dickes 1 1-1 3, Stanek 1 0-0 3, Brown 2 0-0 4, Steffen 1 0-0 2, Callahan 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 10 4-7 25.

KENNEDY (47): Langhurst 1 1-2 3, Hamilton 1 1-2 4, Hayden 2 0-0 6, Sellers 8 1-1 18, Steele 1 0-0 3, Timmerman 0 0-0 0, Vaske 0 0-0 0, Hellweg 3 2-2 8, Dolphin 2 1-1 5, Runels 0 0-0 0, Meier 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 6-8 47.

Halftime – Kennedy 25, Xavier 7. 3-point goals – Xavier 1 (Stanek), Kennedy 5 (Hayden 2, Hamilton, Sellers, Steele).

Diggins stars as Cougars top Saints

Derrick Diggins was invited to practice with the Kennedy varsity basketball team last year as a freshman during the holiday break to give the Cougars an extra body for their workouts and drills.

He seized the opportunity, stayed with the varsity the rest of the season and has returned this year as a budding superstar.

Diggins poured in 25 points Friday night with 3-pointers and dazzling drives to the basket as Kennedy topped Xavier, 62-46, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Xavier.

Diggins, 15, averaged 5.8 points last season as a ninth grader and he's already averaging a robust 18.7 points this year after three games.

"He had a specatular performance," Xavier coach Ryan Luehrsmann said. "We didn't have an answer for him. We couldn't defend him man-to-man.

"He's got a bright future," Luehrsmann said. "If he keeps working on things, he's going to have a great high school career and he'll be somebody who can play at the next level."

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No. 8 Cougars pin Xavier Saints

The eighth-ranked Kennedy Cougars collected seven pins Thursday night and topped Xavier, 48-30, in a Mississippi Valley Conference dual wrestling meet at Kennedy.

Eli Benion (106), Austin McLeod (126), Nolan Hromidko (132), Logen Rodriguez (152), Ben Sarasin (160), Garrett Kubovec (182) and Sam Pape (195) had pins for the Cougars. McLeod, Hromidko, Rodriguez, Sarasin and Kubovec got their pins in less than 60 seconds.

Clint Lembeck (138), Josh Gerke (145) and Alex Francois (220) had pins for Xavier. Lembeck, who is ranked No. 1 at 138, posted his pin in 33 seconds.

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