Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Breitbach’s 21 lead Xavier

Morgan Breitbach had 21 points as the Class 4A No. 13 Xavier girls basketball team clobbered Dubuque Senior 80-42 Tuesday at Xavier.

McKenna Andersen added 15 points for the Saints (4-3), who jumped to an 18-9 lead in the first half.

Dubuque Senior fell to 4-2.

DUBUQUE SENIOR (42): Individuals not available. Totals 15 8-1 42.

XAVIER (80): Bastian 1 4-6 6, Stanek 0 0-0 0, Bailey 2 1-2 6, Noonan 1 0-0 2, Albert 0 0-0 0, Andersen 7 1-3 15, Breitbach 9 3-3 21, Christianson 1 0-0 2, Dickes 0 0-0 0, Kadlec 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Stovie 1 0-1 2, Drahozal 4 0-0 8, Ivester 3 0-2 6, Joens 4 0-0 8. Totals 33 12-21 80.

Halftime – Xavier 37, Dubuque Senior 26. 3-point goals – Dubuque Senior N/A, Xavier 1 (Bailey).

Xavier bowlers sweep Wahlert

Caleb Miller and Kayla Thompson took top honors Monday as the Xavier Saints swept their Mississippi Valley Conference bowling meets against Dubuque Wahlert at May City Bowl.

Miller rolled a 452 series as the Xavier boys dumped Wahlert, 2,996 to 2,347. Brett Young bowled a 244 game for the Saints. Matt Bahl had a 417 series for Wahlert.

Thompson had a 190 game for the Xavier girls and a 350 series as the Saints posted a 2,066 to 1,889 victory. Elena Dominquez led Wahlert with a 283 series.

Vipond, Gerke win titles for Saints

MOUNT VERNON - Jeff Vipond and Josh Gerke captured titles for the Xavier Saints at the Mount Vernon wrestling tournament Saturday.

Vipond blanked Sean Casey of Davenport Assumption, 7-0, in the championship match at 106 pounds. Gerke pinned Cooper White of West Marshall in 5:41 for top honors at 132 pounds.

Clint Lembeck placed second for the Saints at 138 pounds and Michael Maher finished third at 285.

The Marion Indians collected a pair of fifth-place showings from Caleb Conway (145) and Jack Serbousek (160).

Independence won the team championship. Xavier finished seventh out of 15 teams and Marion was 11th.

Team Standings

1. Independence 240, 2. Davenport Assumption 215.5, 3. Mount Vernon 189.5, 4. West Marshall 188.5, 5. Lisbon 117, 6. Sigourney-Keota 103, 7. Xavier 98, 8. Mid-Prairie 92, 9. West Liberty 78.5, 10. Beckman Catholic 68, 11. Marion 38, 12. East Buchanan 35, 13. Anamosa 19, 14. Mount Vernon JV 11.5, 15. Louisa Muscatine 9.

Sellers leads Cougars by Saints

Kennedy girls basketball coach Tony Vis says he is glad that Lela Sellers “fell in his lap.” Friday night at Xavier High School, we found out why.

Sellers played all five positions and had a game-high 24 points, scoring eight points in the final three minutes, to help Class 5A 10th-ranked Kennedy win a 55-52 thriller 55-52 over Class 4A No. 13 Xavier in Mississippi Valley Conference action at Xavier.

Kennedy moves to 5-1 for the season. Xavier drops to 3-3.

Sellers, a versatile 6-footer, transferred from Minnesota this past summer when her father landed a new job in Cedar Rapids.

“It was a fun and intense game,” Sellers said. “Xavier came out aggressive and we had to come out and play well.”

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