GO SAINTS! XHS Activities Week-in-Review: March 6, 2020

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Wrapped up season with a tight battle vs Central DeWitt in the Sub-State Semi-Final 69-52. Finished season 11-12.

• All-Metro 

  • First Team: Jake Beckmann

  • Second Team: Davis Wagner

  • Honorable Mention: Jaylon Moses & Tre McCrary

• All- MVC All-Divisional Selections:

  •  First Team: Jake Beckmann

  • Second Team: Davis Wagner

  • Honorable Mention: Jaylon Moses, Tre McCrary

  • MVC All-Academic:

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• The girls ended their season on the road at Waverly Shell-Rock 43-26 in the Regional Final.  They finished the season 15-8 overall.

• Caitlynn Daniels and Aree Beckmann for being named to IGCA 4A-Northeast District Team

• Caitlynn Daniels and Aree Beckmann for being named to IBCA 4A-All-Region Team

• Caitlynn Daniels was named to the 2020 Academic All-State Team  (All-Classes) IBCA

• Sophia Schmit was named to the Academic All-State Team by the IGCA 

• All Metro 

  • First Team: Caitlynn Daniels

  • Second Team: Aree Beckmann

  • Honorable Mention: Aubrey Jones, Libby Arnold

  • Metro Coach of the Year: Tom Lilly and Staff

• All-MVC All-Divisional Selections:

  • First Team: Caitlynn Daniels

  • Second Team: Aree Beckmann

  • Honorable Mention: Aubrey Jones, Libby Arnold

  • Mississippi Coach of the Year: Tom Lilly and Staff

 

BOYS & GIRLS BOWLING

• Broke school records in...

• Both the Boys & Girls Bowling Teams Qualified for State Tournament

• Third time this has happened in school history.

• Dale Weaver was also named 1st Team All State for Class 2A 

• Olivia Nolte was named 2nd Team All State for Class 2A

• STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS:

  •   Dale Weaver is the 2A 2020 Individual State Bowling Runner-Up! Dale had a 545 two-game series including a 289 first game.

  •  Olivia Nolte was the highest Girl’s bowler finishing 13th overall. 

•    All-Metro & All Conference:

  • Russ Camacho was named metro boys coach of the year. 

  •   On the Boys Side:

    • Dale Weaver is 1st Team & Athlete of the Year for All-Metro & Mississippi Division 

    •  Erik Triplett and Tyler Zogg are 2nd Team for All-Metro, both were 1st Team All-Division (Mississippi) 

    • Honorable Mention:

      • Metro: Justin Trcka & Justin Fulton

      • MVC: Justin Trcka & Justin Fulton

    • MVC All-Academic: 

  • On the Girls Side:

    • Olivia Nolte and Kaitlyn Buenzow were 2nd Team All-Metro 

    • Olivia Nolte was 1st Team All-Division (Mississippi) 

    • Kaitlyn Buenzow was 2nd Team All-Division (Mississippi)

    •  Honorable Mention:

      • Metro: Ellie Marovets & Katie Jakel

      •  MVC: Ellie Marovets & Katie Jakel

    •  MVC All-Academic: 

WRESTLING

•  We had 1 Saint advance to the State Tournament, after finishing 2nd in his respective weight classes at the District, State Qualifying meet at Marshalltown: Christian Stanek @ 138

•  Christian Stanek made his way to the podium at the State Tournament as a sophomore, finishing 6th overall @ 138. Christian also broke the school single season record for takedowns

• Senior Ryan Cook broke the School single season record for pins. 

• MVC All-Division Selections:

o   First Team: Christian Stanek @138, and Ryan Cook @220

o   Second Team: Caelen Shannon @160, and Ryan Volk @ 182

o   Honorable Mention: 

o   All-Academic: 

• MVC All-Metro Selections:

  •  First Team: Christian Stanek @138

  • Second Team: Caelen Shannon @ 160, Ryan Cook @195

  • Honorable Mention: Ryan Volk @182 

BOYS SWIMMING

• We had a total of  10 Saints participate in swimming through our Co-Op agreement with the CR public schools at either CRW,  CRK, and CRJ

• Seth Williams (9th) was taken as an alternative to the 2020 State Swim Meet that was held at the U of I as part of a CRW Relay that qualified. 

• MVC All-Division Honors

  • Seth Williams: Honorable Mention 100 Back & 200 IM

  • Spencer Kramer: Honorable Mention 200 Medley Relay

  • Brian Foerster: Honorable Mention 100 Breaststroke

GROUP & INDIVIDUAL SPEECH

LARGE GROUP SPEECH

6 out of the 9 groups received division I ratings at the district, state qualifying, large group speech competition held at CRW. Here are the results:

DIVISION I RATINGS:

• •  Annie (Christine Hilario, Amber Jones, Alicia Mutasingwa, Olivia Nasution, Kealey Oldham, Lauren Ulveling)

  • Bonnie & Clyde (Nicole Constant, Chase Ralston)

  • 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)

  • Mad Tea Party (Emma Stadelmann, Devin Muresan, Haley Cummings, Shane Pins)

  • Kimchi Slap Improv (Mia Streifm Josef Lemker, Jude Biwer)

 

DIVISION II RATINGS:

• • Carnival Hearts (Paul Huiskamp, Olivia Nolte, Lauren Skala , Mia Streif, Erik Triplett, Ryan Vondracek, Megan Havermann)

  • Young Frankenstein (Emily Armstrong, Christian Cano, Zach Douglas, Gracie Gasaway, Sam Gorman, Devin Muresan, Taylor Scallon, Lauren Skala)

  • Death Takes the Train (Paul Huiskamp, James Le, Alicia Mutasingwa, Keli Yilek)

At the State contest, 6 of the 9 groups received an overall division I rating.  Congratulations

Annie     I     I II

Bonnie and Clyde     I     II I

Cries from the Classroom     I     I I

KAFK Radio     I     I I

Mad Tea Party     I     I II

Kimchi Slap Improv     I     I II

 

INDIVIDUAL SPEECH

Our Xavier Saints participated in the District Individual Speech Contest the last Saturday in February. 10 pieces received Division I ratings and are headed to the State competition on March 14th at Grinnell. The following Saints will advance to State:

IE DISTRICT SPEECH CONTEST RESULTS

Haley Cummings      Poetry         I

Haley Cummings       Public Address I

Emma Stadelmann   Literary Program     I

Devin Muresan          Solo Musical Theater I

Devin Muresan          Storytelling         I

Taylor Scallon             Poetry     I

Lauren Ulveling         Solo Musical Theater I

Madison Becker          Improv       I

Nicole Constant           Acting       I

Kieran Coe                Spontaneous Speaking I

SHOW CHOIR

Mr. Walker, Ms. Diebold and the Xavier Xhilaration & Xuberance Show Choirs have had a very successful Show Choir season and will wrap up their Xtravaganza Middle School Show Choir Event they hosted here at Xavier this weekend. 

Results from this Season:

• Xhilaration finished first runner up at Mount Pleasant’s “Music in Motion”

• Xhilaration was 3rd runner up at Benton’s “Touch of Class”

  • Award for outstanding costumes.  Both Tyler Reid and Jacob Sires were named Outstanding Soloists 

• Xhilaration finished fourth runner up in their final competition of the season at the Marion “Masquerade”. The Saints were also named best choreography and combo.

  • Jacob Sires was named Best Male Soloist

JAZZ & CONCERT BANDS

• Ms. Swehla and the Xavier Saints Jazz Band One (JBO) have had some impressive performances this year. 

  • Was 1st out of 12+ bands at the Tallcorn Jazz Festival @ UNI.

    • Outstanding soloists went to Ava Melchior and Avery Arens

  • Finished 2nd in the Liberty Jazz Festival

  • Placed 2nd at the Coe College Jazz Summit

    • Juliana Karl received outstanding musician honorable mention

    • Christine Hilario received outstanding musician honorable mention  3a second band class. 

  •  The Xavier Saints JBO will perform at the NEIBA District Jazz Festival this Saturday at Independence High School. 

•  The Xavier Jazz Bands & Concert Band also had great performances at the Mid-Winter Concert held this past Tuesday night in the Regis/LaSalle Theater as well.

DANCE TEAM

Your Xavier Saints Dance Team competed in the National Dance Team Competition early February in Orlando. The Saints represented well, competing in the finals for the first time in school history. They finished 10th in Hip Hop and 6th in Pom 

ROBOTICS

The Xavier Robotics team, who competed Friday & Saturday at the DoubleTree Convention Center for the State Championship. The team achieved many goals never before earned by our students, and placed 2nd out of 48 teams for the Control Award. 

BPA

• Congratulations to the thirty-six Xavier High School business students that qualified for the BPA National Conference being held in Washington, D.C., from May 5 thru 10. 

 

• First Place BPA State Award Winners

  • Braxton Rokos—Integrated Office Applications and Database Applications

  • The Small Business Management Team with members being Aidan Bostwick, Anika Munjal, Blake Bohon, & Haley Cummings

  • Aidan Bostwick—Interview Skills

  • Anika Munjal—Management, Marketing & Human Resource Concepts

  • Haley Cummings—Human Resource Management

  • Maddie Pithan—Graphic Design Promotion

  • Andrew Kleineck—Advanced Spreadsheet Applications

  • Mia Vondracek—Fundamental Word Processing

  • Kate Hessman—Business Meeting Management Concepts

  • Faith Karl—Financial Math & Analysis

  • Anne Baumann—Administrative Support Concepts

SPRING IS COMING………………………………………………..

•  Boys & Girls Track: Practices are underway

  •  First Indoor Meet @ Wartburg Tuesday, March 10th @ 2:30pm

  •  MVC Indoor @ UNI: Boys 3/16, Girls 3/17 at 4:30pm

•   Boys Soccer: Practices Starts Monday, March 16th

  • Jamboree @ Kingston Stadium Thursday, 3/26 @ 4pm

  •   First match @  Dubuque Hempstead Tuesday, 4/7 @ 4:15pm

• Girls Soccer: Practice Starts Monday, March 23rd

  • Jamobree @ Kingston Stadium Monday, 4/6 @ 3:30pm

  • First match @  Dowling Catholic Thursday, 4/7 @ 4:15pm

•   Boys & Girls Tennis: Practices Start Monday, March 16th

  •   Boys first meets are Friday 4/3 @ Waterloo East at 1pm & Waterloo West at 4pm

  •  Girls first meets are Friday 4/3 vs Waterloo East at 1pm & Waterloo West at 4pm

• Girls Golf: Practices Start Monday, March 11th

  • First meet is triangular vs ICW and DBQW on Tuesday 4/14 at Irv Warren at 3:15pm