Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

City High gives Saints tough lesson

Sat - 07 Dec Written by Tom Fruehling

Xavier Coach Tom Lilly likes to play Class 5A Mississippi Valley schools because he thinks it toughens his team up for the Class 4A state tournament.

He got what he wished for Friday night in the Saints' home opener when Class 5A No. 2 Iowa City High came calling and walked away with a 68-49 win over the Class 4A No.3 Saints.

Considering that the Little Hawks (4-0, 2-0 MVC) had beaten their first three foes by an average of 50 points, it might even be said that Xavier (3-1, 1-1) held them in check.

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Xavier pins Washington, 66-12

Thu - 05 Dec Written by Don Taylor

Xavier used five pins and five forfeits to put Washington away 66-12 in prep wrestling Thursday night at Washington.

Sean Ickes, Mike Maher, Jeff Vipond, Andrew Billick and Caleb Billick each pinned their opponent for the Saints (1-0). Maher’s pin at 220 took place just 27 seconds into the match.

“I’ve wrestled him before,” said Maher. “I know he’s a headlock guy so I went for a trip and pulled him in tight and got the pin.”

Down 2-0 in the first period, Saints senior 138-pounder Andrew Billick went to work and picked up his pin.

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 December 2013 00:02

Saints stay 3rd, Cougars 9th in poll

Thu - 05 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

The Xavier Saints, who are off to a 3-0 start with three straight road victories, stayed in the No.3 spot in the Class 4A girls basketball rankings Thursday by the IGHSAU.

The Kennedy Cougars (2-0) remained in the No.9 spot in the Class 5A rankings. The Washington Warriors (0-1) fell out of the Class 5A poll after being ranked No.10.

Dowling Catholic is ranked No.1 in Class 5A and Harlan is ranked No.1 in Class 4A. The other top-ranked teams are MOC-Floyd Valley in 3A, Western Christian in 2A and Newell-Fonda in 1A.

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 December 2013 12:01

McDermott tallies 23 as Saints roll

Wed - 04 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

MOUNT PLEASANT - Adam McDermott made five 3-pointers and scored 23 points Tuesday night as the Xavier Saints dumped Mount Pleasant, 56-33, in the season opener for both clubs in Mount Pleasant.

McDermott also snared nine rebounds for Xavier.

Mitchell Burger hit three triples and netted 11 points for the Saints. Matt Nelson grabbed eight rebounds. Connor Ramlo and Calvin Winker had five assists.

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No.3 Xavier girls bury Waterloo East

Wed - 04 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

WATERLOO - The Xavier Saints zoomed to a 45-2 lead by halftime Tuesday and crushed Waterloo East, 57-14, in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls basketball game in Waterloo.

Hayley Deutmeyer led the Saints (3-0, 1-0) with 22 points and five rebounds.

Lizzy Bailey finished with 11 points and four steals. Morgan Breitbach had five assists and four steals. Maddie Bertsch also collected five assists and four steals.

Xavier is ranked No.3 in Class 4A. Waterloo East, a Class 5A school, fell to 0-3.

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