Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Dowling girls bury Xavier, 63-37

The Class 5A third-ranked West Des Moines Dowling girls basketball humbled Class 4A No. 10 Xavier, 63-37, Saturday at Xavier.

Lizzy Bailey had 10 points to lead the Saints (10-5).

Dowling improved to 11-2.

XAVIER (37): Bastian 1 0-0 3, Stanek 0 0-0 0, Bailey 3 3-5 10, Noonan 2 3-3 7, Albert 0 0-0 0, Andersen 3 2-3 8, Breitbach 0 3-4 3, Christianson 1 0-2 2, Dickes 0 0-0 0, Nelson 0 0-0 0, Kadlec 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Stovie 0 0-0 0, Ivester 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 11-20 37.

Halftime – West Des Moines Dowling 29, Xavier 14. 3-point goals – West Des Moines Dowling 6, Xavier 2 (Bastian, Bailey).

Xavier girls knock off City High

Lizzy Bailey popped in four 3-pointers and scored 19 points Friday night as the Xavier Saints clipped Iowa City High, 55-51, in a battle of ranked Mississippi Valley Conference teams at Xavier.

The Saints (10-4) are ranked No. 10 in Class 4A. The Little Hawks (9-4) are ranked No. 9 in Class 5A.

McKenna Andersen collected 14 points and eight rebounds for Xavier. Morgan Breitbach chipped in with 11 points.

Ashley Joens led City High with 21 points. Iowa City star Courtney Joens did not play due to a knee injury.

IOWA CITY HIGH (51): Plock 3 0-0 6, Sara Blowers 1 0-0 3, Schroder 2 0-0 4, A. Joens 5 11-11 21, Sam Blowers 0 0-0 0, Hanrahan 0 1-2 1, Earl 4 4-4 14, Christopherson 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 16-17 51.

XAVIER (55): Bastian 0 0-0 0, Bailey 7 1-2 19, Noonan 0 1-2 1, Andersen 5 3-4 14, Breitbach 2 7-8 11, Christianson 0 0-0 0, Dickes 0 0-0 0, Nelson 0 0-0 0, Drahozal 1 0-0 2, Ivester 3 2-2 8, Joens 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 14-18 55.

Halftime - Xavier 32, Iowa City High 27. 3-point goals - Iowa City High 3 (Earl 2, Sara Blowers 1), Xavier 5 (Bailey 4, Andersen 1).

McDermott scores 32 as Xavier boys top City

IOWA CITY – Adam McDermott had 32 points to lead the Xavier boys basketball team to a 69-61 over Iowa City High.

Mitchell Burger had 12 points for the Saints (5-5), who shot 22-of-29 from the free-throw line. The Little Hawks were 3-of-12.

Nile Ringen had 13 points for City High (6-6), and Nate Weiland had 10 points.

XAVIER (69): Mims 3 0-0 8, McDermott 9 10-12 32, Burger 5 1-2 12, Ramlo 2 5-7 9, Welch 0 3-4 3, Winker 1 3-4 5. Totals 20 22-29 69.

IOWA CITY HIGH (61): Hooper 3 1-2 7, Smith 2 0-0 4, Mulligan 1 0-0 3, Weiland 4 2-4 10, Grace 2 0-0 5, Johnson 3 0-3 6, Jones 1 0-1 2, Ringen 5 0-0 13, LaFauce 1 0-0 3, Martin 4 0-2 8. Totals 26 3-12 61.

Halftime – Xavier 34, Iowa City High 22. 3-point goals – Xavier 7 (McDermott 4, Mims 2, Burger 1), Iowa City High 6 (Ringen 3, Mulligan, Grace, LaFauce).

Thompson leads Xavier bowlers in loss

Kayla Thompson had a 375 series to lead the Xavier girls bowling team in a 2,630 to 2,247 loss to Dubuque Hempstead on Friday at May City Bowl.

Liz Jan rolled a 368 series and Katlin Weber had a 214 game to lead Dubuque Hempstead.

Dubuque Hempstead (2,630): Liz Jahn 179-189=368, Elisa Schmidt 179-189=368, Katlin Weber 143-214=357, Kristina Gruber 204-147=351, Kaylee Gerken 171-170=341, Patrice Chapman 125-192=317.

Xavier (2,247): Kayla Thompson 183-192=375, Tanya Zaugg 171-177=348, Ally Eipert 170-125=295, Cheyanne Crane 150-141=291, Lauren Meyer 114-131=245, Jamison Janson 106-127=233.

Dubuque Hempstead – 1,785-855=2,640.
Xavier – 1,554-693=2,247.