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Saints climb to 6th in Register poll

The Xavier Saints climbed from No. 7 to No. 6 in the Des Moines Register's Class 4A football rankings Sunday morning.

The Saints (3-0) walloped Prairie, 48-14, Friday night in a battle of unbeatens.

Ankeny replaced Cedar Falls atop the 4A poll. The Tigers are second, followed by Dowling, Bettendorf and Iowa City West.

CLASS 4A
1. Ankeny (3-0), 2. Cedar Falls (3-0), 3. Dowling (3-1), 4. Bettendorf (3-0), 5. Iowa City West (3-0), 6. Xavier (3-0), 7. Pleasant Valley (3-0), 8. Urbandale (3-0), 9. Iowa City High (2-1), 10. Southeast Polk (2-1).

CLASS 3A
1. Decorah (3-0), 2. Creston/Orient-Macksburg (3-0), 3. Harlan (3-0), 4. Heelan (3-0), 5. Norwalk (3-0), 6. Lewis Central (3-0), 7. Grinnell (3-0), 8. Lemars (3-0), 9. Boone (3-0), 10. ADM (3-0).

Football scoreboard - Week 3

Friday, Sept. 7

METRO
Xavier 48, Prairie 14
Cedar Falls 31, Washington 16
Jefferson 12, Hempstead 7
Waterloo West 27, Linn-Mar 14
Marion 28, Anamosa 0
Springville 68, Cedar Valley 6

Sophomores
Xavier at Prairie
Cedar Falls at Washington
Jefferson at Hempstead
Linn-Mar at Waterloo West
Anamosa at Marion

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCEi
C.R. Xavier 48, C.R. Prairie 14
Cedar Falls 31, C.R. Washington 16
C.R. Jefferson 12, Dubuque Hempstead 7
Waterloo West 27, Linn-Mar 14
Dubuque Senior 21, Dubuque Wahlert 16
Iowa City High 38, Waterloo East 26

CLASS 3A DISTRICT 6
Marion 28, Anamosa 0
DeWitt Central 14, Maquoketa 10
Clear Creek-Amana 23, Benton Community 14
Solon 56, Mount Pleasant 6

CLASS 8-PLAYER DISTRICT 4
Springville 68, Cedar Valley Christian 6
Elkader Central 48, Central City 6
Lansing Kee 28, Riceville 20
Preston 85, Midland 78
West Central 76, Valley Community 40

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Saints stay 7th in Register football poll

The Xavier Saints remained in seventh place in the Des Moines Register Class 4A football rankings this week after pounding Jefferson, 49-0, Thursday night.

Xavier (2-0) visits Prairie (2-0) this Friday night in a battle of unbeaten Mississippi Valley Conference teams.

Cedar Falls is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, followed by Ankeny, Dowling, Bettendorf and Iowa City West.

The Marion Indians, ranked No. 4 last week in the Register's Class 3A poll, dropped out of the rankings after losing to top-ranked Decorah, 35-0, Friday night.

CLASS 4A

1. Cedar Falls (2-0), 2. Ankeny (2-0), 3. Dowling (2-0), 4. Bettendorf (2-0), 5. Iowa City West (2-0), 6. West Des Moines Valley (2-1), 7. Xavier (2-0), 8. Pleasant Valley (2-0), 9. Urbandale (2-0), 10. Iowa City High (1-1).

CLASS 3A

1. Decorah (2-0), 2. Creston/Orient-Macksburg (2-0), 3. Harlan (2-0), 4. Heelan (2-0), 5. Norwalk (2-0), 6. Lewis Central (2-0), 7. Knoxville (2-0), 8. Maquoketa (2-0), 9. Waverly-Shell Rock (1-1), 10. Pella (1-1).

Saints climb to 10th in volleyball poll

The Xavier Saints jumped from 12th to 10th in the Class 4A volleyball rankings Thursday after beating Linn-Mar Tuesday night in straight sets.

The Marion Indians remained in 14th place in the Class 4A poll. Sioux City Heelan is ranked No.1.

Kennedy fell from No. 2 to No. 9 in the Class 5A rankings after beginning the season with a 1-3 record against tough competition. Iowa City High, which defeated the Cougars Tuesday night, is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A.

Class 4A
1. Heelan, 2. Harlan, 3. Solon, 4. Waverly-Shell Rock, 5. Charles City, 6. North Scott, 7. Wahlert, 8. West Delaware, 9. Fairfield, 10. Xavier, 11. DeWitt Central, 12. Maquoketa, 13. LeMars, 14. Marion, 15. Winterset.

Class 5A
1. Iowa City High, 2. Ankeny, 3. Hempstead, 4. Dowling, 5. Ames, 6. Cedar Falls, 7. Urbandale, 8. Pleasant Valley, 9. Kennedy, 10. Johnston.