Xavier Wrestling

Gerke leads Xavier matmen at tourney

WEBSTER CITY - Josh Gerke won all four of his matches for the Xavier Saints  Saturday at the Webster City dual meet wrestling tournament.

Gerke collected three pins and a major decision in his bouts at 126 and 132 pounds. His pins came in 54 seconds, 5:09 and 3:50.

Xavier lost all four of its dual meets to Webster City (58-18), Forest City (42-18), Perry (35-25) and Indianola (55-15).

Michael Maher went 3-1 for the Saints at 285 pounds with three pins in 2:47, 44 seconds and 2:54. Camden Chicchelly finished 2-1 at 145 pounds. Alex Francois went 2-2 at 195 pounds with two pins.

Lembeck, Vipond shine for Xavier matmen

Clint Lembeck and Jeff Vipond enjoyed perfect days for the Xavier Saints Saturday in the Doug Phillipp Duals at Xavier.

Lembeck, ranked No. 2 in Class 3A at 132 pounds, went 5-0 in the tournament with four pins and a major decision. Vipond, wrestling at 106 and 113, also collected a 5-0 record with four pins and a regular decision.

Mediapolis won the round-robin tournament with a 5-0 record with lopsided victories over West Liberty, Dubuque Hempstead, Marion, Anamosa and Xavier.

Hempstead placed second with a 4-1 mark, followed by Xavier (3-2), West Liberty (2-3), Marion (0-4) and Anamosa (0-4).

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Gerke, Lembeck get pins for Saints

DUBUQUE - Josh Gerke and Clint Lembeck collected pins for the Xavier Saints Thursday night in a 47-24 loss  to Dubuque Wahlert in a Mississippi Valley Conference dual meet in Dubuque.

Thomas Pudil and Camden Chicchelly won decisions for Xavier. The Saints forfeited five matches, giving Wahlert 30 free points.

WAHLERT 47, XAVIER 24

285 - Thomas Pudil (X) dec. Drew Lenz, 2-1
106 - Jeff Vipond (X) won by forfeit
113 - Tristan Birt (W) won by forfeit
120 - Connor Lange (W) won by forfeit
126 - Matt Wigginton (W) won by forfeit
132 - Josh Gerke (X) pinned Doindre Larose, 1:35
138 - Clint Lembeck (X) pinned Anthony Dudek, 2:58
145 - Camden Chicchelly (X) dec. Grant Oberfoell, 7-5
152 - Ike McDermott (W) pinned Brant Charipar, 2:25
160 - Andrew Turner (W) won by forfeit
170 - Myles Wernimont (W) dec. Ryan Williams, 10-4
182 - Riley Hasken (W) major dec. Sam Meyers, 10-1
195 - John Patrick (W) won by forfeit
220 - Dylan Olson (W) major dec. Alex Francois, 11-2

Vipond, Gerke win titles for Saints

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.