Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No.1 Trojans belt Saints by 34

IOWA CITY - Trying to upset the No.1 team is made a lot more difficult by turning it over, Class 3A No.8 Xavier found out Friday.

It was like trying to ice skate uphill against Class 4A No.1 Iowa City West, and the Saints lost, 75-41, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game in Iowa City.

"We did a poor job of handling their pressure," Xavier Coach Ryan Luehrsmann said. "We talked about it. We tried to simulate it in practice ... But it was as good as advertised. And turnovers killed us."

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Hart, Miller spark Xavier bowlers

Sam Hart and Caleb Miller shared top honors Friday as Xavier clipped Dubuque Hempstead, 3087-2937, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at May City Bowl.

Hart rolled a 436 series with games of 237 and 199. Miller matched it with games of 226 and 210 for his 436. Brett Young had the high game for the Saints with a 241.

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Zaugg paces Xavier girls on lanes

Tanya Zaugg led the Xavier girls bowling team with a 312 series Friday as the Saints lost to Dubuque Hempstead, 2398-1847, at May City Bowl.

Courtney Ryder topped Hempstead with a 332 series.

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No.2 Saints survive J-Hawks, 62-61

Morgan Breitbach has some pretty good basketball bloodlines. And she’s a pretty good player in her own right. It showed Tuesday night.

The junior Xavier point guard made key plays and led her No.2-ranked 4A team to a gritty 62-61 come-from-behind Mississippi Valley Conference win at the Jefferson J-Hawk gym.

The Saints moved to 5-2 overall and 3-2 in the MVC, while Jefferson dropped to 3-5 overall and 2-3 in the league.

Breitbach scored 12 points and had four assists, including a pair of free throws with 28 seconds left that sealed the win.

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