Xavier Boys Tennis

Xavier boys tennis swept by IC West

Jiung Jung of Iowa City West topped Jon Lansing of Xavier, 6-1, 6-0,  at No. 1 singles Thursday as the Trojans blanked the Saints 9-0 in a  Mississippi Valley Conference tennis meet at Xavier.

IOWA CITY WEST 9, XAVIER 0
Singles

1. Jiung Jung (ICW) def. Jon Lansing, 6-1, 6-0
2. Cole Schneider (ICW) def. Alex Hinrichs, 6-2, 6-1.
3. Jack Wenzel (ICW) def. Charlie Esker, 6-2, 6-3.
4. Sam Shin (ICW) def. Blake Magill, 6-0, 6-0.
5. Brad DiLeo (ICW) def. Calvin Ford, 6-0, 6-2.
6. Sasha Chackalackal (ICW) def. Wes Johnson, 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles

1. Schneider/Wenzel (ICW) def. Lansing/Esker, 6-1, 6-2.
2. Shin/DiLeo (ICW) def. Ford/Magill, 6-1, 6-4.
3. Chackalackal/Dowling (ICW) def. Hinrichs/Johnson, 6-3, 6-4.

Paulson tops all-Metro tennis team

Linn-Mar senior Tim Paulson has been named the Athlete of the Year on the 2015 All-Metro Tennis Team, it was announced Friday.

Chris Wundram of Linn-Mar was named the Metro Coach of the Year. The Lions are undefeated this season and ranked No. 1 in the state.

Jackson Hoyt of Washington, Trevor McCann of Linn-Mar, Ben Curley of Xavier, Rami Hemaiden of Kennedy and Caleb Scott of Marion joined Paulson on the first team.

SECOND TEAM

Parker Muller (Washington), Oliver Hammond (Washington), Ben Myers (Linn-Mar), Jon Lansing (Xavier), Alex Tvedte (Jefferson), Evan Gaskill (Prairie).

HONORABLE MENTION

PRAIRIE: Jason Niccolls, Jake Crumbo

XAVIER: Charlie Esker, Jack VanKampen

KENNEDY: Corey Duncan, Kyle Butler

WASHINGTON: Dane Van Antwerp, Will Rizer

LINN-MAR: Kyle Brendes, Shane Skvor

JEFFERSON: Chris Weisbein, Kellen Brown

MARION: Nate Meister, Peter Ward

VonKampen will join Concordia tennis

Jack VonKampen of Xavier High School has signed a letter-of-intent to play tennis at Concordia University in Seward, Neb.

Concordia is an NAIA school.

VonKampen has received a scholarship from Concordia for vocal music.

Xavier boys fall to Decorah

WATERLOO - The Xavier boys tennis team lost to Decorah, 5-2, in the Class 1A regional tournament Saturday in Waterloo.

Jon Lansing and Charlie Esker won their singles matches for the Saints.

DECORAH 5, XAVIER 2

Singles

1. Caleb Ulring (D) def. Ben Curley, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
2. Jon Lansing (X) def. Ryan Hageman, 6-3, 7-5
3. Charlie Esker (X) def. Brett LaRue, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
4. Karl Sand (D) def. Jack VonKampen, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Gable Lonning (D) def. Alex Hinrichs, 6-1, 6-1
6. Ross Gentry (D) def. Blake Magill, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Hageman/Gentry (D) def. Grant Gibney/Hinrichs, 6-1, 6-3