Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

City High upsets Saints

Iowa City High pulled off a mild upset Thursday night when it downed Xavier, 55-50, in a boys basketball regular season finale at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.

Iowa City High (8-13, 4-12 MVC) had three players score in double figures. Lonnie Chester had 15 points, Torry Perry 13, and Ladarius Taylor chipped in with 11.

“Our team had a lot of energy and effort," said Chester. " We played hard.  Gave great effort.”

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Trcka, Saints headed back to state

DUBUQUE - Tara Trcka is headed back to the girls state bowling tournament and her Xavier teammates are coming along.

Trcka shot the third-highest qualifying score of 425 in Class 1A during Thursday's state qualifying meet at Cherry Lanes. She won the Class 1A title in 2011, but finished a disappointing eighth last year.

Xavier finished third in the team standings behind Dubuque Wahlert and Camanche, but all three schools advanced to next week's state meet.

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Guge leads Saints to state bowl

DUBUQUE - Kirby Guge shot a 265 high game and 456 series to lead the Xavier boys to a state tournament berth Thursday during the Class 1A state-qualifying meet at Cherry Lanes.

Xavier finished third in the six-team event with a score of 3114. The Saints' total was the fourth-highest qualifying score in the state and they grabbed the second of two at-large berths.

Bellevue won with a score of 3163 and Dubuque Wahlert was second at 3143. Marion tied for fifth.

Guge finished fifth in the meet, but his score also was good enough to qualify for the individual state meet.

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Saints hold off East rally for 62-53 win

WATERLOO - Adam McDermott scored 17 points and Calvin Winker added 14 to lead Xavier to a 62-53 win over Waterloo East Tuesday in Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball.

Xavier (10-10, 6-9) spurted out to a 21-10 lead after one quarter and led 37-27 at halftime.

The Saints stretched their lead to 19 points late in the third quarter.

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