Band
Congratulations to Mrs. Swehla and all the Xavier Band Students. They put on a spectacular performance last night in the Xavier Catholic Schools Band Festival!
BOYS BASKETBALL
Congratulations to Coach Freeman and the boys’ basketball team on an exciting victory over Cedar Rapids Washington on Friday 55-53 in overtime! Congratulations to Coach Freeman and the Boys Team!
The Saints now are 8-10 on the year and 5-9 in the MVC.
They will be in action tomorrow night as they head to Iowa City High for their MVC match. The Varsity tip is scheduled for 7:30pm.
The Saints finish up their regular season next week. They travel to Cedar Rapids Jefferson on Tuesday. On Thursday next week, the Saints will host Dubuque Wahlert on “Senior Night”. Tip is 7:30pm
The Boys are in substate #4 for their postseason run that starts on Monday February 24th.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Congratulations to Coach Lilly and the Girls Basketball team for picking up 2 wins this past week. They defeated Cedar Rapids Washington on Friday 45-43, and Cedar Rapids Kennedy 53-40 on Tuesday. Congratulations to Coach Lilly and the entire Girls basketball team!
The Saints are now 14-6, 14-4 in the MVC.
The Saints will be back in action at home tomorrow against Iowa City High. The Varsity tip is set for 7:30pm.
Next week, the Saints will host the winner of Charles City and Decorah in the Class 4A Region 3 Semi-final on Saturday February 22nd at 5:00pm.
BOYS & GIRLS BOWLING
Congratulations to the bowling teams on picking up victories over Prairie Friday on Senior Night. For the girls, Olivia Nolte had the High Game of 223 and High total of 442. For the boys, Dale Weaver had the High Game of 300 and High Total of 542.
The Girls set a school record high baker series of 234. Congratulations Ladies!
For the Boys, congratulations to Dale Weaver for breaking the state record for the number of 300 in a season. Friday was his 3rd 300 of the season. Congratulations to Dale.
The bowling teams finish the regular season at Iowa City High at Colonial Lanes tomorrow. Good luck to Coach Camacho and the bowling teams.
On Tuesday next week, Xavier will host the Class 2A Joint Bowling State Qualifying meet at May City Bowl. Bowling will start at 10:00am. Ticket Prices are $6 for both Adults and Students.
Boys Swimming
Congratulations to Seth Williams (CRW) for qualifying for state swimming in the 400 Freestyle Relay. State Swimming will be held at the U of I Rec Center on Saturday at 12:00pm.
MVC All-Division Swimming Selections
Seth Williams: Honorable Mention 100 Back & 200 IM
Spencer Kramer: Honorable Mention 200 Medley Relay
Brian Foerster: Honorable Mention 100 Breast
Speech
A big Congratulations to our Large Group Speech team. They had an excellent day at the State Competition on Saturday! All 9 groups received at least one division 1 rating. We had 6 groups receive an overall Division 1 rating which puts them in contention for All-State competition. Congratulations to the following groups: Annie, Bonnie and Clyde, Cries from the Classroom, KAFK Radio, Mad Tea Party, and Kimchi Slap Improv.
Congratulations to all our Saints Large group speech performances.
Annie (Christine Hilario, Amber Jones, Alicia Mutasingwa, Olivia Nasution, Kealey Oldham, Lauren Ulveling)
Bonnie & Clyde (Nicole Constant, Chase Ralston)
Carnival Hearts (Paul Huiskamp, Olivia Nolte, Lauren Skala , Mia Streif, Erik Triplett, Ryan Vondracek, Megan Havermann)
Cries from the Classroom (Haley Cummings, Zach Douglas, Grace Frazier, Penelope Gardner, Christine Hilario, Ella Holmes, Brady Horstmann, Shane Pins, Braedon Roling, Taylor Scallon, Emma Stadelmann)
KAFK Radio (Colin Battien, Keely Cookson, Gracie Gasaway, Erik Triplett, Keli Yilek)
Young Frankenstein (Emily Armstrong, Christian Cano, Zach Douglas, Gracie Gasaway, Sam Gorman, Devin Muresan, Taylor Scallon, Lauren Skala)
Mad Tea Party (Emma Stadelmann, Devin Muresan, Haley Cummings, Shane Pins)
Kimchi Slap Improv (Mia Streifm Josef Lemker, Jude Biwer)
Death Takes the Train (Paul Huiskamp, James Le, Alicia Mutasingwa, Keli Yilek)
Show Choir
Congratulations to the Xavier Show Choirs Xhilaration for their 2nd place finish this past weekend at Mt. Pleasant!
Both Xhilaration and Xuberance will be at Benton High School for the “Touch of Class” Competition on Saturday. Xub is at 1:35pm and Xhil is at 6:10pm. Good luck to Mr. Walker, Ms. Diebold and all the Saints involved in Show Choir!
WRESTLING
The team will be back in action at Districts on Saturday. The Saints head to Marshalltown with wrestling starting at 12:00pm.
Good luck to Coach Chambers and all of the Wrestlers and coaches.
Upcoming Parent meetings
Girls Track Parent/Player meeting in commons @5:30 tonight (Thursday 2/13)
Trap Shooting Parent Meeting in the Guidance Classroom @6:15pm tonight (Thursday 2/13)