MOUNT VERNON - Jeff Vipond and Josh Gerke captured titles for the Xavier Saints at the Mount Vernon wrestling tournament Saturday.

Vipond blanked Sean Casey of Davenport Assumption, 7-0, in the championship match at 106 pounds. Gerke pinned Cooper White of West Marshall in 5:41 for top honors at 132 pounds.

Clint Lembeck placed second for the Saints at 138 pounds and Michael Maher finished third at 285.

The Marion Indians collected a pair of fifth-place showings from Caleb Conway (145) and Jack Serbousek (160).

Independence won the team championship. Xavier finished seventh out of 15 teams and Marion was 11th.

Team Standings

1. Independence 240, 2. Davenport Assumption 215.5, 3. Mount Vernon 189.5, 4. West Marshall 188.5, 5. Lisbon 117, 6. Sigourney-Keota 103, 7. Xavier 98, 8. Mid-Prairie 92, 9. West Liberty 78.5, 10. Beckman Catholic 68, 11. Marion 38, 12. East Buchanan 35, 13. Anamosa 19, 14. Mount Vernon JV 11.5, 15. Louisa Muscatine 9.