Metro Sports Report

Xavier girls clobber Waterloo West

WATERLOO – The seventh-ranked Xavier girls basketball team made short work of Waterloo West, beating the Wahawks 65-29 Friday.

Lizzy Bailey scored 18 points for the Saints (14-5), who jumped to a 20-4 lead after the first quarter. Morgan Breitbach added 11 points. Waterloo West fell to 3-14.

XAVIER (65): Bastian 0 3-4 3, Stanek 1 0-0 2, Bailey 7 1-1 18, Noonan 2 2-2 6, Albert 0 0-0 0, Andersen 2 0-0 6, Breitbach 4 2-3 11, Christianson 0 0-0 0, Dickes 0 0-0 0, Nelson 1 0-0 2, Kadlec 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Stovie 1 0-0 2, Drahozal 2 0-0 5, Ivester 2 1-2 5, Joens 1 3-4 5. Totals 23 12-16 65.

WATERLOO WEST (29): Individuals not available. Totals 7 13-19 29.

Halftime – Xavier 42, Waterloo West 12. 3-point goals – Xavier 7 (Bailey 3, Andersen 2, Breitbach, Drahozal), Waterloo West 2 (N/A).

Mohr paces No.13 Marion girls

Michalyn Mohr scored 16 points to lead the Class 4A No. 13 Marion girls basketball team to a 58-34 win over Williamsburg on Friday at Marion.

The Indians (16-4) led 19-5 after the first quarter and never looked back. Chloe Rice, Caitlyn Smith and Amanda Sahm each added 10 points.

Julie Hollensbe led the Raiders (3-18) with 13 points.

WILLIAMSBURG (34): Dellamuth 1 0-0 2, Simmons 2 1-2 6, Kuesel 0 0-0 0, Schlabaugh 0 2-2 2, Berkland 0 0-0 0, Miller 1 0-2 2, Widmer 0 0-0 0, Eichhorn 0 0-0 0, Hollensbe 5 2-2 13, Tristan-Walter 0 0-0 0, Weldon 3 3-4 9, Annis 0 0-1 0. Totals 12 8-13 34.

MARION (58): Peyton 2 0-2 4, Rice 4 1-2 10, Smith 3 1-2 10, Cannoy 0 2-2 2, Sahm 4 2-2 10, Dunne 0 0-0 0, Mohr 5 6-15 16, Laube 2 0-0 4, Redmond 0 0-0 0, Sade 0 2-2 2, Jordan 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 14-26 58.

Halftime – Marion 35, Williamsburg 13. 3-point goals – Williamsburg 2 (Sammons, Hollensbe), Marion 4 (Smith 3, Rice).

Osborne rescues No. 11 Mustangs

Dondre Osborne has a good chance to be named the Most Valuable Player in the Midwest Collegiate Conference this season, especially if Mount Mercy keeps winning games and claims the league title.

He did what MVPs are supposed to do Wednesday night.

Osborne hit four clutch free throws to force overtime and drilled a pair of 3-pointers to start the extra session as the 11th-ranked Mustangs escaped a major upset bid by Clarke, 101-94.

Mount Mercy (20-3, 7-0) has not lost a conference game this season and Clarke (6-17, 0-7) has not won a league contest, but the Mustangs were fortunate to pull this one out at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

"It wasn't our best game today, but we fought through it and picked it up at the end when it mattered most," said Osborne, who finished with 23 points.

Clarke took a 76-73 lead with 1:28 left in the second half with a pair of free throws, putting Mount Mercy's two-month winning streak in serious jeopardy.

Metro football stars make an all-star team

I'd like to put a fantasy football team together of the Metro high school stars who plan to play football in college next season.

I bet I'd win a few games with these guys.

Let's put Jesse Furrow of Jefferson at quarterback, with Keagan Pinter of Prairie and Perrion Scott of Linn-Mar as the running backs. We'll put Landen Akers of Washington and Logan Nelsen of Linn-Mar at wide receiver, with JoJo Simpson of Prairie at tight end.

Now comes the really juicy part with the offensive line. We'll put Bryce Meeker of Prairie (6-5, 300) and Julian Good-Jones of Washington (6-5, 275) at the tackles, Royal Silver of Washington (6-3, 275) and Dalton Kuehl of Jefferson (6-6, 249) at guard, and insert Tim Otting of Xavier (6-4, 230) at center.