Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Balanced Warriors stroll by Saints

The Franklin & Hobbs Show had a stronger supporting cast for the Washington girls basketball team Thursday night.

It helped immensely.

Twelve players scored points for the Warriors as they bumped off the Xavier Saints, 69-47, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

Dani Franklin netted 22 points and Aleena Hobbs had 15, but the Warriors got another 32 points from the rest of the club to win easily.

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Saints foiled at buzzer by 3-pointer

Down 16 points in the third period at home Saturday afternoon to Davenport Assumption, the Xavier boys did everything right the rest of the way to even the score with 14 seconds left in the game.

The gritty come-from-behind effort was all for naught in the end, however, when the Knights' Hunter Grenier swished only his second 3-point attempt of the season as time ran out.

Fitting, perhaps, that the Saints should fall 49-46 on a long-range shot since that's what got them into trouble in the first place. By draining three treys in each of the first two quarters, Assumption (4-4) coasted to a 28-16 halftime lead.

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No.4 Saints trimmed by Assumption

Facing a Murderer's Row of top-ranked Class 5A teams over the next 14 days, the Xavier girls were hoping to gain a little confidence by playing someone their own size Saturday afternoon at home.

And if the Class 4A fourth-ranked Saints had played sixth-ranked Assumption the whole game the way they played the final four minutes, their self-esteem would be sky high.

Down 36-23 with 4:14 to go, Xavier cut the lead to four and had the ball under its own basket with 34 seconds left. An inbound pass sailed away, however, and the visiting Knights squeaked out a 42-38 victory.

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Saints 3rd at Webster City Duals

WEBSTER CITY - Xavier went 3-2 and finished third Saturday at the Webster City Duals.

The Saints' only losses were two host Webster City and Osage. Webster City finished unbeaten and beat Osage in the championship, 49-26.

Xavier beat Ankeny Centennial (41-36), Ballard (42-29) and Indianola (39-32). The Saints were edged by Osage (33-31) and dropped by Webster City (42-26).

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