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Overtime games are always fun.
And the Xavier boys’ 59-55 squeaker at home Thursday night over Waterloo West was as entertaining as they get.
“For the fans, maybe,” said Saints assistant coach Brad Stovie. “But not for the coaches.”
The visiting Wahawks fell behind early and never led. When it looked like they might be blown away, they came back.
Last Updated on Thursday, 24 January 2013 23:52
Making four 3-point field goals over the course of a game is considered admirable.
Making four in one quarter is simply feeling it.
Prairie’s Thomas Eilers drilled four 3-pointers in the first quarter and five in the game to propel Prairie past Xavier Tuesday night, 45-31, at Xavier’s gym.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Courteney McCrary was a one-girl wrecking crew in the second half and her teammates did a nice job picking up after her Tuesday night on their home floor as the Hawks cleaned conference co-leader Xavier, 54-47.
McCrary, a rock-solid 5-foot-9 senior prone to foul trouble, knocked down seven of eight shot attempts after halftime on the way to a game-high 21 points.
While she was scoring from all angles, Prairie (11-5, 7-2 MVC) built a one-point lead into a 16-point bulge with 5:30 to go.
The Xavier Saints will not have to leave 42nd Street for the Class 4A regional girls basketball tournament this year, making a potential trip to the state tournament perhaps a little easier for them.
The Washington Warriors, on the other hand, will have to travel to Newton for the Class 5A regional finals if they advance that far, making their path to the state tournament a little harder.
Xavier and Washington are the two best bets from the Metro area to reach the state tournament in Des Moines this season, and they learned their regional assignments Monday when the pairings were released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
IOWA CITY - Nick Drahozal went 4-0 with three pins to help Xavier to second place at the Clyde Bean Duals wrestling meet Saturday at Iowa City High.
Xavier finished with a 2-2 record. The Saints beat Keokuk (40-24) and Iowa City High (48-24), and lost to Lisbon (36-35) and Decorah (58-18).
Decorah finished with a 4-0 record. Xavier, Lisbon and Keokuk were 2-2, and City High was 0-4.
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