Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Trcka hot in Xavier bowling loss

Tue - 11 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

DUBUQUE -- Xavier's Tara Trcka had the hot hand, rolling high game of 217 and top series of 409, but the Saints came up short against Dubuque Hempstead, 2251-2229, Tuesday in girls bowling.

Hempstead held a 1561-1490 lead after first-round singles.

Xavier outscored the Mustangs 739-690 in the Baker round, but couldn't quite catch them.

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Saints jump to 10th in basketball poll

Mon - 10 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

The Xavier Saints climbed into the Associated Press boys basketball poll Monday for the first time this season by claiming the No. 10 spot in the rankings.

Ryan Luehrsmann has led the Saints to a perfect 5-0 record in his first year as head coach.

Xavier visits Jefferson Tuesday night and will host top-ranked Iowa City West on Friday.

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Saints finish 3rd at Catholic Duals

Sat - 08 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

DYERSVILLE -- Xavier won a pair of meets and finished in third place Saturday at the Beckman Catholic Duals wrestling tournament.

Davenport Assumption, ranked second in Class 2A, won the toournament with a 4-0 record. Don Bosco, ranked sixth in Class 1A, was second with a 3-1 mark.

Xavier was 2-2, Dyersville Beckman 1-3 and Dubuque Wahlert 0-4.

Xavier beat Beckman, 41-33, and Wahlert, 45-36.

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Nelson looms large in Xavier upset win

Sat - 08 Dec Written by Don Taylor

Junior Matt Nelson scored 26 points to lead Xavier to a 71-70 overtime win over 10th-ranked West Des Moines Dowling in a non-conference game Saturday afternoon at Xavier.

It was a battle because Dowling knocked down 12 3-point baskets.

“Certainly they were hitting their 3-pointers today,” said Xavier Coach Ryan Luehrsmann. “We just had to weather the storm, keep pounding the paint and hitting our free throws.”

That strategy provided the win for the Saints. Nelson, Xavier’s 6-foot-8 post man, dominated the lane at both ends. He led all scorers, making 11 field goals and 4 of 5 free throws, and took away the lane on the defensive end.

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Dowling puts the clamps on Xavier girls

Sat - 08 Dec Written by Tom Fruehling

Ever the tactician, Xavier girls basketball coach Tim Lilly said the sole purpose of Saturday’s home matinee with mighty West Des Moines Dowling was to get ready for February.

“The reason we schedule games like this is to get us better prepared for the tournament at the end of the year,” the savvy veteran coach said after watching his Saints fall 47-33 in the opening contest of a boy/girl doubleheader. “That’s why we’re going to Assumption in two weeks. We want to play the best non-conference schedule possible.”

For the rigors of post-season play, Lilly couldn’t have picked a better tune-up than the Maroons of Dowling Catholic.

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