4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Cedar Rapids Kennedy 56-50 in an Iowa high school girls’ basketball game at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022.

Xavier’s Kyla Mason (21) shoots during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Sydney Huber (14) shoots during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Aaliyah Beier (35) shoots during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Kennedy head coach Madison Meier draws up a play during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Ella Moser (15) dribbles through pressure from Xavier’s Aaliyah Beier (35) during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Madden Wilson (3) looks to pass as Kennedy’s Ella Moser (15) and Kennedy’s Kaliyah Sain (40) defend during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Lexi Moore (23) shoots as Xavier’s Kyla Mason (21) defends during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Madden Wilson (3) fights with Kennedy’s Grace Park (12) for a rebound and during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Kaliyah Sain (40) shoots during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Addy Alber (33) shoots during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Lexi Turner (24) shoots with thirteen seconds remaining during a game between the Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars and the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

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