Xavier Boys Soccer

Saints boys fall in OT to City High

Iowa City High scored a goal in the sixth minute of overtime to beat Class 2A No.3 Xavier, 2-1, in boys soccer Saturday at Xavier.

The match was a makeup from earlier in the week and was played on a soggy field.

Xavier scored in the 34th minute on a goal by Isaac Frisch. Daniel Cowden got the assist on a through ball, and Frisch dribbled around the City High keeper for the goal.

The Saints' lead last only three minutes.

City High took advantage of a miscommunication by the Saints defense and scored on Fernando Pacheco's goal to tie the game, 1-1.

No.3 Xavier boys kick Hempstead, 4-0

Eli Smith, Dan Cowden, Drew McGraw and Isaac Frisch scored goals Monday as the third-ranked Xavier Saints blanked Dubuque Hempstead, 4-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer match at Xavier.

Cowden and Connor Ramlo had two assists for the Saints.

Paul Cavin and Nick Huss shared the shutout in goal, making two saves apiece.

Saints swamp Waterloo East, 18-0

WATERLOO - Eli Smith scored four goals to lead Xavier to an 18-0 rout of Waterloo East in a boys soccer match Thursday at the Cedar Valley Soccer Complex.

Josh Hoffmann and Kory Donithan scored three goals apiece for Xavier. Alex Haag and Daniel Cowden each added two goals.

Isaac Frisch, Caelen Lilly, John Drahozal, Luke Koechner and Drew McGraw also scored goals for the Saints.

Colin Gunn and Connor Ramlo had four assists apiece. Frisch and Mason Hoxie added two assists apiece. Donithan, Haag, Cowden, Koechner, Jerry Duball and Sam Hart also had assists.

Xavier led 10-0 at halftime. The Saints emptied the bench in the second half.

Xavier boys eye state soccer title

Cedar Rapids Xavier Coach Amir Hadzic always aims high with the Xavier High School boys soccer program.

The Saints won Class 2A state titles in 2010 and 2011, and Hadzic sees no reason why they cannot compete for another championship this year.

"We go into every year with certain goals, and one of our goals is to go to state and win it," he said after Xavier played in the Metro Jamboree at Kingston Stadium on Thursday.

"That's where playing in the rough-and-tough Mississippi Valley Conference helps a lot," he said. "You play those big teams and a grueling schedule, and when it comes to the state tournament you're always ready.

"I have a good feeling," he remarked.

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