Boys & Girls Wrestling The Boys Wrestling team beat CR Kennedy on January 16th by a score of 52 to 14. The Saints placed 5th at the Loyd Schaffer Tournament hosted by Marion on Saturday, January 18th. Congratulations to the following wrestlers on their finish at Marion:
Dane Melchior (190) & Jean Ngoma (215) placed 1st
Elliott Gnewuch (113) placed 2nd
Jack Foster (132) & Marek McNamara (165) placed 3rd
Jean Ngoma is ranked 5th at 215 in the January 17th HWP 3A Wrestling Rankings. The Boys Wrestling team has a record of 3-1 in the MVC and an overall record of 7-4. Congratulations to Aly Flack on winning her match by fall at the Girls Wrestling match with CR Kennedy on January 16th.
The Girls and Boys Wrestling teams compete on Thursday, January 23rd in an MVC dual match at Dubuque Senior. Match time is 7:00 p.m. The Girls Wresting team competes on Saturday in the MVC Tournament at Iowa City Liberty. Meet time is 10:00 a.m.
The Boys Wrestling team competes on Saturday, January 25th at the Clyde Bean- Brad Smith Duals hosted by Iowa City High. Meet time is 9:00 a.m.
Girls Basketball The IGHSAU 4A 10th ranked Girls Basketball team beat Dubuque Hempstead on January 17th by a score of 75 to 36. The Saints beat Dubuque Wahlert on January 21st by a score of 62 to 33. The team has a record of 8-2 in the MVC and an overall record of 11-4.
Boys Basketball The IHSAA 3A 9th ranked Boys Basketball team beat Dubuque Hempstead on January 17th by a score of 70 to 41. The Saints beat Dubuque Wahlert on January 21st by a score of 74 to 66. The team has a record of 4-3 in the MVC and an overall record of 9-4.
The Girls and Boys Basketball teams are hosting a varsity doubleheader on Friday, January 24th with CR Washington. The Girls game “tips-off” at 6:00 p.m. followed by the Boys Game at 7:30 p.m. Make plans now to come and support the teams on Tom Lilly Appreciation Night at Xavier!
Speech The Large Group District Speech Contest is scheduled for Saturday, January 25th at Monticello High School beginning at 8:30 a.m. Good luck to Speech Director Scott Davidson and all Xavier Speech students who are participating!
Boys Swimming CR Washington hosted the Cruise-Voss Boys Swimming Invitational on Saturday, January 18th. Congratulations to the following Saints:
Remy Barton was on the 3rd place 200 Medley Relay
Remy Barton & Joe Dake were on the 3rd place 400 Free Relay
Girls & Boys Bowling The Girls & Boys Bowling teams compete on Thursday, January 23rd in an MVC match with CR Kennedy at the CR Bowling Center. Meet time is 3:00 p.m. The Robotics team competed in the FTC League Tournament on Saturday, January 18th.
Xavier’s 1st team placed 4th
Xavier’s 2nd team placed 9th
Robotics Both Xavier teams robots placed in the top six to advance to the State Tournament on March 1st. The Freshmen & Sophomore team won 1st place for the Think Award for their engineering of their robot George. The upperclassmen’s team won 1st place in the coveted Innovate Award for their design and performance of their robot Boris.
Jazz Band Jazz Band One is scheduled to perform on Monday, January 27th in the State Jazz Band Festival at Mt. Vernon High School. The Saints are scheduled to play at 7:10 p.m. Good luck to Band Director Chad Allard and all members of the Jazz Band who are participating at State!