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Xavier girls fall at tennis regional

INDEPENDENCE - The Xavier Saints lost to Dubuque Wahlert, 5-1, in the second round of the girls Class 1A regional tennis tournament Saturday.

The Saints blanked Independence in the opening round, 5-0.

Nina Marquardt defeated Jaden McGrath, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 1 singles when  the Saints topped Indpendence.

XAVIER 5, INDEPENDENCE 0
Singles

1. Nina Marquardt (X) def. Jaden McGrath, 6-1, 6-1
2. Emily Jasper (X) def. Abby Davis, 6-4, 6-2
3. Sarah Schirm (X) def. Heidi Lau, 6-0, 6-3
4. Maddie Abu-Nameh (X) def. Kelsey Cain, 6-1, 6-1
5. Sarah Abu-Nameh (X) def. Kylie Coonrad, 6-0, 6-0
6. Camryn McPherson (X) vs Madi Schroeder, 6-1, 4-0 (DNF)

DUBUQUE WAHLERT 5, XAVIER 1
Singles

1. Audrey Hinz (DW) def. Nina Marquardt, 3-6, 6-3, 10-6
2. Meghann Long (DW) def. Emily Jasper, 7-5, 6-1
3. Anna Herrig (DW) def. Sarah Schirm, 6-3, 6-7, 10-6
4. Maddie Abu-Nameh (X) def. Abby McDonald, 6-0, 6-4
5. Carolyn Conlon (DW) def. Sarah Abu-Nameh, 4-6, 6-0, 10-1
6. Anna Freiburger (DW) over Camryn McPherson 6-2, 6-2

No. 4 Saints boot Cedar Falls, 6-0

Luke Duball collected two goals and two assists Friday as the fourth-ranked Xavier boys soccer team blanked Cedar Falls, 6-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference match at Heco Field.

Thomas Bean, Justin Schneider, Davis Wagner and Jon Jacobi also scored for the Saints. Bean, Schneider and Shane Scott had assists.

Owen McCarron and Nolan Dostal shared time in goal for the shutout.

Xavier raised its record to 8-4. Cedar Falls fell to 6-8.

Saints make 15 events at state track

The Xavier High School track teams have qualified for the Class 3A state meet in 15 different events.

The Xavier boys have qualified in nine events and the girls have qualified in six events.

Josh Gerke is seeded fifth in the 800-meter run in 2:00.70 and is a member of the 4x800 relay that is seeded sixth. The other members of  the relay are Beau Van Berkum, Grayson Walther, Nathan Skala, Tyler Dupont and Casey O'Connell.

Katie Tallett is seeded third in the 3,000 (10:44.69) and  fourth in the 1,500 (5:00.51). Theresa Lampe is seeded seventh in the 100 hurdles.

The state meet will be held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines May 18-20.

BOYS QUALIFIERS
(with seedings)

5. Josh Gerke, 800
6. 4x800 relay (Josh Gerke, Beau Van Berkum, Grayson Walther, Nathan Skala, Tyler Dupont, Casey O'Connell)
13. Josh Volk, shot put
14. Joe Scieszinski, 1,600
15. 4x200 relay (Jax Junge, Aaron Larson, John Rocca, Kaiden Cuevas, Cole Goerdt, Gabe Lux)
15. 4x400 relay (Josh Gerke, Nathan Skala, Braden Stovie, Kaiden Cuevas, Jax Junge, Derrick Skala)
16. Braden Stovie, 400 hurdles
20. 4x100 relay (Jax Junge, Aaron Larson, John Rocca, Kaiden Cuevas, Cole Goerdt, Braden Stovie)
24. Shuttle hurdle relay (George Durin, Gabe Lux, John Rocca, Braden Stovie, Aaron Larson, Nate Stoltenberg)

GIRLS QUALIFIERS
(with seedings)

3. Katie Tallett, 3,000
4. Katie Tallett, 1,500
7. Theresa Lampe, 100 hurdles
12. Emiko Coffey, 1500
13. Shuttle hurdle relay (Theresa Lampe, Jenna Schwach, Brie Baldus, Maddix Stovie, Brianna Yanga, Libby Arnold)
16. 4x100 relay (Grace Miller, Anna Parr, Theresa Lampe, Kaylie Skoumal, Kiana Stanek, Jenna Schwach)
17. Nina Marquardt, 400 hurdles

Tallett is double champ at state qualifier

Xavier High School senior Katie Tallett captured the 1,500 and 3,000-meter runs at the Class 3A state qualifying meet at Thomas Park in  Marion Thursday.

Tallett took the 1,500 in 5:00.51 and claimed the 3,000 in 10:44.69 to earn automatic spots in the state meet.

Theresa Lampe of Xavier won the 100 hurdles in a tight race in 15.37 seconds, claiming the title by one-hundredth of a second.

Braden Stovie led the Xavier boys with a second-place finish in the 400 hurdles (57.04). The Saints placed third in the 4x100 relay (44.65) and the 4x800 relay (8:16.91).

Xavier finished fifth in both the boys and girls team standings.

GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS

1. Dubuque Wahlert 160, 2. Solon 132, 3. Mount Vernon 119, 4. Marion 91, 5.  Xavier 76, 6. DeWitt Central 66, 7. West Delaware 54, 8. Maquoketa 29.

BOYS TEAM STANDINGS

1. Dubuque Wahlert 139, 2. Marion 137, 3. Mount Vernon 128, 4. DeWitt Central  87, 5. Xavier 84, 6. Solon 77, 7. West Delaware 60, 8. Maquoketa 27.