Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Schulte heading to Iowa as walk-on

Xavier High School quarterback Bryce Schulte has accepted an offer to join the Iowa Hawkeyes as a preferred walk-on for the 2017 season, but  he'll apparently change positions.

When Schulte attended the UI camp last summer, Iowa assistant coach Reese Morgan suggested he attend the camp as a tight end or linebacker instead of quarterback. Schulte picked tight end, even though he's never played the position in his life.

From all accounts, he performed well as a tight end and that presumably will be his initial position with the Hawkeyes.

"It was fun being physical with other kids at the camp and going up  against them one-on-one," he said in November. "And it was fun catching balls, too, because I'm not used to that either."

Schulte was a starting defensive back for Xavier this past season, but  he was best-known as an all-state quarterback with an accurate arm and a terrific grasp of the offense.

Schulte passed for 4,347 yards, 58 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions during his three years as Xavier's starting quarterback. He ranks first all-time in the Metro area in career TD passes, third in passing yards and third in completions.

Schulte set seven school records at Xavier for total touchdowns (90), TD passes in one game (5), completions (287), pass attempts (487), passing yards (4,347), total offense (5,129) and longest punt (66 yards).

The Saints compiled a 29-6 record with Schulte at the helm and made two trips to the UNI-Dome for the semifinals of the Class 3A playoffs as a sophomore and senior.

Smaller colleges have been interested in Schulte as a quarterback, but he said in November that he wanted to play college football at the highest level, even if it meant changing positions.

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Saints fall to Papillion-LaVista in Omaha

OMAHA, Neb. - The Xavier Saints lost to Papillion-LaVista, 64-49, in a  special boys basketball event at the Ralston Arena in Omaha Saturday  night.

Papillion-LaVista is ranked No. 9 in Nebraska's Class A.

Matt Mims led the Saints (4-8) with 12 points. Max Techau scored 11  points and Nolan Butkowski had 10.

Ed Chang, a 6-foot-6 junior, poured in 30 points for the Monarchs (12-3).

XAVIER (49): Lux 0 0-0 0, Mims 5 1-1 12, Butkowski 3 2-2 10, Joens 3  2-2 8, Q.Schulte 1 2-3 4, Techau 2 7-12 11, Johnson 1 0-0 2, B.Schulte  1 0-0 2. Totals 16 14-20 49.

PAPILLION-LAVISTA (64): Hiebert 1 0-0 3, Akinwole 6 3-3 16, Emery 0 0-0 0, Deng 2 2-2 6, Carter 0 0-0 0, Chang 11 4-4 30, Priest 3 0-0 9, Feekin 0 0-0 0, Fulton 0 0-0 0, Redding 0 0-0 0, Bahl 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 9-9 64.

Halftime - Papillion-LaVista 35, Xavier 20. 3-point goals - Xavier 3 (Butkowski  2, Mims 1), Papillion-LaVista 9 (Chang 4, Priest 3, Hiebert 1, Akinwole 1).

Gerke shines at Clyde Bean wrestling

IOWA CITY - Josh Gerke of Xavier won all five of his matches at the  Clyde Bean wrestling tournament Saturday and was named to the  all-tournament team for the fourth straight year.

Gerke collected four pins in 47 seconds, 50 seconds, 1:28 and 3:08 in  the tournament also won a 4-1 decision at 145 pounds.

Erik Rodriguez had three pins for the Saints at 195 pounds. Patrick  Chambers (126), Clayton Drury (138), Garrett Ries (152) and Alex Francois (220) had two pins for Xavier. Keegan Schultschik (120)  contributed a pin and a superior decision.

The Saints finished fourth in the six-team tournament with a 2-3  record. Xavier defeated Oskaloosa (39-24) and Muscatine (42-30), with losses to Iowa City High (61-16), Decorah (54-30) and Keokuk (37-36).

Iowa City High won the tournament with a 5-0 record.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Iowa City High 5-0, 2. Decorah 4-1, 3. Keokuk 3-2, 4. Xavier 2-3,  5. Oskaloosa 1-4, 6. Muscatine 0-5.

Daniels sparks Saints by Hempstead

DUBUQUE - Freshman Caitlynn Daniels popped in a career-high 15 points  Friday night to help the Xavier Saints defeat Dubuque Hempstead, 57-44, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Dubuque.

Daniels connected on three 3-pointers and led four Saints into double  figures. Lexi Noonan contributed 13 points, Kylie Brown scored 10 and  Amelia Ivester had 10.

The Saints, who are ranked No. 7 in Class 4A, raised their overall  record to 8-6. Hempstead fell to 8-5.

Morgan Kluesner canned six 3-pointers for Hempstead and took  game-scoring honors with 18 points.

XAVIER (57): Stanek 1 0-0 3, Daniels 6 0-0 15, Brown 3 4-4 10, Noonan  6 1-2 13, Steffen 1 4-6 6, Ivester 5 0-0 10, Jasper 0 0-0 0. Totals 22  9-12 57.

HEMPSTEAD (44): Paulsen 0 0-0 0, Tressel 0 0-0 0, Bitter 0 0-0 0,  Kluesner 6 0-0 18, K.Springer 1 2-2 5, Bryte 0 0-0 0, Fleckenstein 3  0-0 6, Krug 3 0-2 6, R.Bleymeyer 0 1-2 1, M.Bleymeyer 1 0-0 2, Groneau  3 0-0 6. Totals 17 3-6 44.

Halftime - Xavier 27, Hempstead 24. 3-point goals - Xavier 4 (Daniels  3, Stanek 1), Hempstead 7 (Kluesner 6, K.Springer 1).