Washington Boys Basketball

Joens, Butkowski pace Saints by Warriors

Jackson Joens popped in 19 points and Nolan Butkowski added 18 Friday  night as the Xavier Saints topped Washington, 60-54, in a Mississippi  Valley Conference game at Washington.

The Saints snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory,  raising their records to 5-9 overall and 3-6 in the league.

Matt Mims dished out 10 assists for Xavier and scored nine points. Max  Techau snared 11 rebounds and scored seven points.

Collin Westmoreland scored 17 points for Washington (3-12, 1-9). Max  Campbell had 12 points and Donovan Beard had 11.

XAVIER (60): Lux 2 0-0 4, Mims 3 2-2 9, Butkowski 7 2-2 18, Joens 7  1-1 19, Demplewolf 0 0-0 0, Q.Schulte 1 1-2 3, Techau 2 3-8 7, Johnson  0 0-0 0, B.Schulte 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 9-15 60.

WASHINGTON (54): Westmoreland 4 7-8 17, Snitker 0 0-0 0, Jonasson 4  0-0 9, Christensen 2 1-2 5, McCurry 0 0-0 0, Beard 3 4-5 11, Campbell  5 2-3 12, McKinstry 0 0-0 0, Pernell 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 14-18 54.

Halftime - Washington 23, Xavier 22. 3-point goals - Xavier 7 (Joens  4, Butkowski 2, Mims 1), Washington 4 (Westmoreland 2, Jonasson 1,  Beard 1).

Bohannon MVC's best in Valley Division

Linn-Mar senior Jordan Bohannon was named the Valley Division Athlete of the Year as a part of the Mississippi Valley Conference's All-Division Selections released Thursday.

Bohannon, who closed his career with a 44-point effort in a 76-74 overtime loss to Cedar Falls in the Class 4A substate final on Tuesday, was one of three unanimous selections to the first team along with Dubuque Wahlert's Cordell Pemsl and Iowa City West's Connor McCaffery.

West Coach Steve Bergman and his staff received the division's Coach of the Year honor.

Class 3A state qualifier Xavier had two players, Mitchell Burger and Max Techau, named to the Mississippi Division first team. Also on the first team were Prairie's Max Smith-Drahos and Washington's Leveechie Williams.

Waterloo East's Isaiah Wade was the division's athlete of the year while Iowa City High's Don Showalter and his staff received Coach of the Year honors.

VALLEY DIVISION
FIRST TEAM

* Jordan Bohannon, Linn-Mar, *Cordell Pemsl, Dubuque Wahlert, *Connor McCaffery, Iowa City west, Tra'Von Fagan, Cedar Falls, A.J. Green, Cedar Falls, Wali Parks, Iowa City West, Devontae Lane, Iowa City West.

* - Unanimous selection

SECOND TEAM

Dennis McKinney, Jefferson, Drake Brewster, Kennedy, David Wedewer, Dubuque Wahlert, Beau Klostermann, Linn-Mar, Carter Stevens, Dubuque Senior, Riley Till, Dubuque Wahlert, Jared Printy, Linn-Mar.

HONORABLE MENTION
(Metro Only)

Jefferson: Adam Van Oort, Valentino Green.
Kennedy: Derrick Diggins, Michael Bisenius
Linn-Mar: Jordan Brandt, Riley Murphy

Athlete of the Year: Jordan Bohannon, Linn-Mar
Coach of the Year: Steve Bergman and staff, Iowa City West

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION
FIRST TEAM

Max Smith-Drahos, Prairie, Laveechie Williams, Washington, Mitchell Burger, Xavier, Max Techau, Xavier, Micah Martin, Iowa City High, Isaiah Wade, Waterloo East, Amel Kuljuhovic, Waterloo West.

SECOND TEAM

Jalen Rima, Prairie, Naeem Smith, Iowa City High, Keion Wills, Washington, Hunter Strait, Washington, Matt Mims, Xavier, Connor Duax, Dubuque Hempstead, Gabe Pepin, Waterloo West.

HONORABLE MENTION
(Metro Only)

Prairie: Cal Clark, Jake Eilers
Washington: Ian Thomas, Dallas Hobbs
Xavier: Ryan Stulken, Jackson Joens

Athlete of the Year: Isaiah Wade, Waterloo East
Coach of the Year: Don Showalter and staff, Iowa City High

Jefferson slips past Warriors, 55-52

If ever there was a proverbial team win, the Jefferson boys earned one Monday night.

The heroes were many as they hung-on and hung together down the stretch to eke out  a 55-52 Class 4A substate victory over Washington in the Prairie gym.

Savvy senior Adam Van Oort kept them in the game in the first half, and sparkplug point guard Royshawn Webb took control in the second.

Jack-of-all-trades Valentino Green, as usual, was all over the floor taking charges, diving for loose balls, making steals and crashing the boards.

And how about quiet junior Kane Kramer?

He came back in the game with 10 seconds to go, was immediately fouled and calmly sank two free throws to give the J-Hawks a three-point cushion.

“That’s who we wanted with the ball,” said Jefferson Coach Brandon Horman. “You ask the guys on the team and they’ll tell you we want Kane on the line. He just never gets rattled.”

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Big night from Williams lifts Warriors

DUBUQUE - Laveechie Williams scored 17 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds as Cedar Rapids Washington edged Dubuque Senior, 53-51, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Thursday night at Senior.

Guard Ian Thomas led the Warriors (7-14, 4-12) with 19 points, including three 3-point baskets. Dallas Hobbs pulled down 10 rebounds as the Warriors outrebounded the Rams, 40-18.

Freshman Noah Carter led Senior (9-12, 7-9) with 17 points and eight rebounds.

WASHINGTON (53): Wills 1 2-2 4, Strait 3 1-2 7, Dawson 0 0-0 0, Bennett 0 0-0 0, Hobbs 1 2-6 4, Thomas 5 5-9 19, Williams 8 1-6 17, Potter 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 12-23 53.

DUBUQUE SENIOR (51): Noel 4 0-0 9, Stevens 3 2-2 10, Fair 0 0-0 0, Psihoyos 1 0-0 3, Blackman 0 0-0 0, Humpal-Griffin 0 1-2 1, Timmerman 3 0-0 8, Hendricks 1 0-0 3, Carter 7 2-4 17. Totals: 19 5-8 51.

Halftime: Washington 31, Dubuque Senior 23. 3-point goals: Washington 3 (Thomas 3), Dubuque Senior 8 (Noel, Stevens 2, Psihoyos, Timmerman 2, Hendricks).