Xavier boys golf coach Tim O'Brien says the Saints have a championship banner from the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet in 2001, but he's not aware of any other golf pennants at the school.
There will be now.
Xavier turned in a solid performance at Airport National Tuesday and captured the Valley Division title in the MVC by 13 strokes over Cedar Falls.
"We came in with a 13-stroke lead over Cedar Falls and ended today with a 13-stroke lead over Cedar Falls," O'Brien noted. "I was really pleased that we held serve with them."
The Mississippi Valley Conference determines its divisonal golf champions with a series of three meets at three different courses on three different days. The Saints emerged on top.
"I'm just proud as punch," said O'Brien, in his fifth year as Xavier's head coach. "I'm pretty happy.
"It's something we've been working toward. Each year the kids seemed to have gotten a little better."
Xavier placed five of its golfers in the top-9 in the overall standings to dominate the all-conference teams. Jason Beer finished second with a 54-hole total of 212, followed by J.P. King (fourth), Matt Junge (fifth), Rob Thinnes (seventh) and Ben Sagers (ninth).
Beer, King and Junge made first team all-conference, while Thinnes and Sagers were second team all-conference.
Jefferson's Zach Denny finished sixth overall and was first team all-conference.
Carson Hillery of Hempstead took medalist honors with a 54-hole score of 210, two shots ahead of Beer.
Jefferson finished fourth in the Valley Division standings and Prairie was fifth. Mitch Wagner of Prairie placed 13th overall and Eric Lehmkuhl of Jefferson was 14th.
Prairie posted the low score Monday at Airport National with a 267. Cedar Falls and Xavier finished at 269, with Jefferson three strokes further back at 272.
Wagner and Matt Edl of Prairie shared medalist honors for Monday's round with a 1-over-par 64. Jon Skarlis of Cedar Falls also shot 64.
Kennedy won the Mississippi Division title Monday in Waterloo.
MVC VALLEY DIVISION GOLF
Final Team Standings
3 Event Totals
1. Xavier 861, 2. Cedar Falls 874, 3. Hempstead 886, 4. Jefferson 905, 5. Prairie 913, 6. Iowa City West 935, 7. Waterloo East 1,103.
Final Individual Results
3 Event Totals
First Team All-Conference
1. Carson Hillery, Hempstead 69-73-68--210
2. Jason Beer, Xavier 69-76-67--212
3. Jacob Bermel, Cedar Falls 71-76-67--214
4. J.P. King, Xavier 72-75-70--217
5. Matt Junge, Xavier 78-76-66--220
6. Zach Denny, Jefferson 74-80-66--220
Second Team All-Conference
7. Rob Thinnes, Xavier 75-80-66--221
8. Wil Hunemuller, Cedar Falls 71-81-69--221
9. Ben Sagers, Xavier 70-79-72--221
10. Jared Deines, Cedar Falls 71-82-69--222
11. Brad Miehe, Hempstead 68-84-71--223
12. Shawn Breitbach, Hempstead 74-79-70--223
Honorable Mention
13. Mitch Wagner, Prairie 77-83-64--224
14. Eric Lehmkuhl, Jefferson 76-79-69--224
15. Jon Skarlis, Cedar Falls 80-81-64--225
16. Matt Edl, Prairie 75-86-64--225
17. Alec Braun, Cedar Falls 74-83-69--226
18. Dominic Muzzin, IC West 77-82-69--228
Xavier
Jason Beer 69-76-67--212
J.P. King 72-75-70--217
Matt Junge 78-76-66--220
Ben Sagers 70-79-72--221
Rob Thinnes 75-80-66--221
Jefferson
Zach Denny 74-80-66--220
Eric Lehmkuhl 76-79-69--224
Colten Jourdan 84-80-69--233
Mitch Willems 76-94-69--239
Ben Otis 88-86-68--242
Gavin Williams 82-87-78--247
Prairie
Mitch Wagner 77-83-64--224
Matt Edl 75-86-64--225
Colyn Snyder 76-87-68--231
Drew Digman 77-85-71--233
Jared Smith 84-87-71--242
Brooks Kehoe 90-95-81--266
Tuesday's Results
Final Round
At Airport National (Par 63)
Team Standings
1. Prairie 267, 2. Cedar Falls 269, 3. Xavier 269, 4. Jefferson 272, 5. Hempstead 277, 6. IC West 280, 7. Waterloo East 339.
Top Individuals
Mitch Wagner, Prairie 64
Jon Skarlis, Cedar Falls 64
Matt Edl, Prairie 64
Matt Junge, Xavier 66
Zach Denny, Jefferson 66
Rob Thinnes, Xavier 66
Jason Beer, Xavier 67
Jacob Bermel, Cedar Falls 67
Carson Hillery, Hempstead 68
Ben Otis, Jefferson 68
Colyn Snyder, Prairie 68
Wil Hunemuller, Cedar Falls 69
Jared Deines, Cedar Falls 69
Eric Lehmkuhl, Jefferson 69
Alec Braun, Cedar Falls 69
Dominic Muzzin, IC West 69
Colten Jourdan, Jefferson 69
Mitch Willems, Jefferson 69
Josh Viertel, Cedar Falls 69
Anthony Lehnertz, IC West 69
PRAIRIE (267): Mitch Wagner 64, Matt Edl 64, Colyn Snyder 68, Drew Digman 71, Jared Smith 71, Brooks Kehoe 81.
XAVIER (269): Matt Junge 66, Ron Thinnes 66, Jason Beer 67, J.P. King 70, John Drahozal 70, Ben Sagers 72.
JEFFERSON (272): Zach Denny 66, Ben Otis 68, Eric Lehmkuhl 69, Colten Jourdan 69, Mitch Willems 69, Gavin Williams 78.
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