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Xavier selling 4A football tickets

Xavier High School is selling tickets for Friday night's home game against Kennedy in the quarterfianls of the Class 4A football playoffs.

Tickets will be on sale in the Xavier Activities Office on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 7:45 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Admission is $6.

Saints Field will open at 6 p.m. Friday.

Saints defense smothers City High, 34-0

Hunter Baldus is the “other” defensive end.

The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Xavier senior just happens to play opposite Matt Nelson, a 6-8, 250-pounder who is heading to the University of Iowa next season.

Baldus may not get the headlines Nelson does, but make no mistake, he is a fine player in his own right.

And you likely wouldn’t get any arguments from a physically-whipped Iowa City High team that left Saints Field a 34-0 loser Monday night in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs.

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Turner helps pave way for Saints

Colton Turner has been a tower of strength for the Xavier Saints on the offensive line this year.

He tips the scales at a rock-solid 275 pounds, without an ounce of flab.

"Yeah, we call him Moose," said Xavier tailback Brendan Miller. "He's a big boy. He got that nickname and it stuck."

Turner did not turn into a block of granite for the Saints by lifting pretzels and chips.

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Xavier playoff tickets on sale

Tickets for the Class 4A football playoff game between Iowa City High and Xavier are on sale at the Xavier Activities Office.

The second-round game will be played Monday at 7 p.m. at Saints Field.

Tickets will be sold Thursday, Friday and Monday. All tickets cost $6. Tickets also will be sold at the gate Monday, beginning at 6 p.m.