Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Trcka named top bowler in Metro & MVC

Cedar Rapids Xavier junior Tara Trcka collected a couple of big honors Friday.

Trcka was named the Athlete of the Year for girls bowling in the Mississippi Valley Conference (Valley Division) and in the Metro area in voting by coaches.

Trcka was the defending Class 1A state champion, but finished eighth in Thursday's state meet at Des Moines. She had a 217-pin average during the season.

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Xavier honors Spanich, Greenwalt, Riha

Adam Spanich, Sean Greenwalt and Carol Ann Riha will be inducted into the LaSalle-Regis-Xavier Hall of Fame Friday night.

Spanich, a 1995 graduate of Regis, was named Iowa's "Mr. Basketball" in 1995 and the Gatorade Player of the Year. He twice was named first team all-state and three times was named first team all-Mississippi Valley Conference and all-Metro. He was the two-time MVC Player of the Year.

Spanich averaged 28.9 points as a senior, the highest in Regis history, and set a conference record at 30.4 points in league games that season.

Greenwalt, a 1990 graduate of LaSalle, was named first team all-state after leading the Metro area in scoring at 26 points as a senior. He twice was named first team all-Metro and first team all-Wamac Conference.

Greenwalt set school records for most points in a single game (46 versus Independence) and most points in a career (1,128). He played two years at Kirkwood Community College and upon graduation was the second leading scorer in KCC history (1,075).

Riha, a 1975 graduate of LaSalle, is being inducted into the Hall of Fame as an Outstanding Alumna. She worked as a journalist for the Associated Press for more than 27 years and became the AP's bureau chief in Iowa, where she oversaw national coverage of the Iowa caucuses in 2000, 2004 and 2008.

The new inductees will be honored at a reception at 6 p.m. Friday on the "X" at Xavier High School and the induction ceremony will take place at halftime of the Xavier girls basketball game against Linn-Mar. The game starts is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Hadzic named Coach of the Year

Xavier High School boys soccer coach Amir Hadzic has been named the 2011 Iowa Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations for the second straight year.

The Saints went 17-2-1 last season and won the Class 2A state title for the second straight year. Xavier also won a Mississippi Valley Conference division title last season and has compiled a 34-5-1 record the last two years.

1962 Regis state champs honored at Xavier

When the Regis Fight Song was played Saturday night at halftime of the Xavier boys basketball game, it was as if time stopped 50 years ago.

There at mid-court in sport coat and tie was Coach Bob Jennings, now 84, pumping both fists for the crowd just like he did when his high school basketball team won the 1962 state championship.

At his side yet again stood Dick Breitbach, 75, his once-young assistant.

Bob’s kid brother Don, younger by seven years, was acknowledged along with late brother Jim as unofficial aide de camps who helped their big brother by scouting and whatever was asked.

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