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Cedar Rapids Xavier jumped up three spots to No.4 in this week's Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Class 4A basketball rankings.
The Saints (11-7) toppled Waterloo West, 52-49, on the road Tuesday night and knocked the Wahawks, who were ranked 10th, out of the Class 5A poll.
Cedar Rapids Washington (14-4) slid one spot to No.9 in the Class 5A rankings after a one-point defeat at Waukee, which moved up two slots to No.7.
WATERLOO - Kayla Armstrong scored 13 points and collected seven steals Tuesday night to help the Xavier Saints grab a 52-49 victory against Waterloo West in Waterloo.
The Saints (11-7, 8-3) trailed by one point late in the game when Armstrong stole the ball and fed Hayley Deutmeyer for a layup and 50-49 lead.
The Saints stole the ball again and McKenna Andersen scored to make it 52-49 to help the visitors come home with one of their best wins of the season.
DUBUQUE - Xavier had fourth-ranked Dubuque Senior in a seven-point hole at halftime, but the Rams escaped and beat the Saints, 42-34, Tuesday night in Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball.
Adam McDermott scored 12 points, making four 3-pointers, to lead Xavier (8-8, 4-7).
Senior improved to 15-1 overall and 10-1 in the MVC.
Three former athletes and an outstanding supporter will be inducted into the Xavier High School Hall of Fame this Friday.
Greg Hawthorne, Kristin (Jennings) Kahn, Ryan Sweeney and the Rev. Donald Bruggeman will be honored during halftime of Xavier's boys basketball game against Linn-Mar.
Hawthorne, a 1992 graduate of Regis High School, was a member of the golf, baseball, football and basketball teams. He served as team captain of the football team, was named first team all-state and helped Regis reach the state semifinals in 1989 and 1991.
CEDAR FALLS - Isaac Boettger scored 16 points Friday night as the Cedar Falls Tigers trimmed Xavier, 45-38, in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game in Cedar Falls.
Trey Sampson and Adam McDermott scored 11 points apiece for the Saints (8-7, 4-6). Both of them made three 3-pointers.
Kalehl Brown and Kalund Brown netted 10 points apiece for the Tigers (13-2, 9-2).
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