Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

3 selected for Xavier Hall of Fame

Grady Waldron, David Downey and Matthew Feldman will be inducted into  the LaSalle-Regis-Xavier Alumni Hall of Fame this Friday night at Xavier.

The three new members will be honored during halftime of the boys  basketball game against Linn-Mar.

Waldron, a 1997 graduate of LaSalle High School, was named first team  all-state as a wide receiver and second team all-state as a defensive back. He set the LaSalle record for most receiving touchdowns in a single season and led the Lancers to a 9-0 record during the regular season in 1996.

Waldron also received honors in baseball and track during his high  school career. He played semi-pro football for three years for the  Iowa Tractors.

Downey, a 1985 graduate of Regis High School, played football,  basketball and baseball. He was named all-state in each sport and was named the Male Athlete of the Year at Regis as a senior.

Feldman is being inducted into the Hall of Fame as an outstanding alumnus. He graduated valedictorian from Regis High School in 1998 and was actively involved in numerous academic programs.

Feldman received the first John Chrystal Award from the World Food  Prize Organization and received a scholarship to Harvard, where he graduated magna cum laude in 2002. Feldman currently manages his own investment firm in New York City.

Wrong call helps Saints top Cougars

Kennedy Coach Tony Vis and Hailey Dolphin studied the replay of her  final shot against Xavier Tuesday night and came to the same forlorn  conclusion.

Dolphin's 3-pointer in the final second of the game should have  counted and forced overtime against the Saints, but there was  absolutely nothing they could do about it.

Xavier trimmed the young Cougars, 58-55, in their Mississippi Valley  Conference game at Ron Thillen Gymnasium and that's the way it will go  into the record books.

Dolphin's 3-pointer hit the rim, bounced high over the basket and came  down through the net, but the officials ruled the ball hit the strap  that's used to hoist the backboard to the ceiling when the gym is used  for other events.

(CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO OF SHOT)

Once the ball hits the strap it's a dead ball and the shot does not  count, but the replay on Kennedy's iPad clearly showed that the ball  missed the strap by a few inches.

"I just wish they would have let the kids decide it," Vis said calmly.  "I don't think the officials, on purpose, hosed anybody.

"I think they thought they saw what they saw, but obviously they  didn't. They don't have the opportunity to look at it on video like we  do.

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Defense rules as Cougars trim Saints

For most of the game Tuesday night, it looked like the Xavier Saints  and Kennedy Cougars should have been sent back to their locker rooms  to change into knee socks, short shorts and high-top sneakers.

It looked like basketball from a long time ago, with lots of bumps and  bruises and precious few points.

"That was ugly basketball," said Xavier Coach Ryan Luehrsmann.  "Competitive basketball, but we set basketball back about 40 years  with how ugly that was."

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, and Kennedy was  perfectly happy to return to the other end of 42nd Street after  trimming the Saints, 50-47, at Xavier.

Xavier made only four baskets in the first half and trailed, 18-16, at  intermission. The Saints trailed 31-23 heading into the fourth quarter  and it was nearly time to check the record books for futility.

Fortunately, both teams clicked in the fourth period and it became fun  to watch. Incredibly, the Saints scored 24 points in the fourth  quarter alone after netting only 23 points in the first three periods  combined.

"It was a grind," agreed Kennedy Coach Jon McKowen. "Our defense kept  us in it. We're starting to defend really well.

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Xavier boys hold off Waterloo East

WATERLOO - The Xavier Saints survived a furious rally by Waterloo East  in the fourth quarter Saturday night and trimmed the Trojans, 65-61,  in a Mississippi Valley Conference makeup game in Waterloo.

Xavier led by 18 points, 53-35, after three quarters, but Waterloo  East outscored the Saints 26-12 in the final stanza to make it exciting.

Max Techau scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Xavier.  He hit 9 of 11 shots from the field and also blocked five shots.

Matt Mims contributed 18 points and nine assists to the victory.  Jackson Joens scored 10 points, Quinn Schulte had eight points and  Nolan Butkowski scored seven points.

The Saints won their fourth straight game and raised their overall  record to 8-9.

Ja'Cee Clark scored 19 points for Waterloo East (6-11).

XAVIER (65): Lux 1 1-2 3, Mims 6 5-7 18, Butkowski 2 2-2 7, Joens 4  0-0 10, Q.Schulte 4 0-0 8, Moeder 0 0-0 0, Techau 9 1-1 19, B.Schulte  0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Keating 0 0-0 0, Dempewolf 0 0-0 0. Totals  26 9-12 65.

WATERLOO EAST (61): Jackson 1 0-0 2, T.Nickelson 3 5-8 14, Clark 8 0-0  19, Reed 1 0-0 2, R.Nickelson 3 0-0 6, Jo.Holmes 5 2-4 15, Reyes 0 0-0  0, Ford 1 0-0 2, Ja.Holmes 0 0-0 0, Putman 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 7-14 61.

Halftime - Xavier 33, Waterloo East 20. 3-point goals - Xavier 4  (Joens 2, Mims 1, Butkowski 1), Waterloo East 9 (T.Nickelson 3, Clark  3, Jo.Holmes 3).