Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Schulte welcomes new role with Saints

Bryce Schulte established himself as Xavier's top quarterback two years ago when he was only a sophomore, but now he's excited about playing an even bigger role with the Saints this season as a senior.

Schulte has been getting a good look in preseason drills as a "rover" on defense, working as a hybrid strong safety and linebacker in certain situations.

"We're going to put him where we need him, and that includes defense," Xavier Coach Duane Schulte said Friday night after the Saints had a scrimmage with Western Dubuque.

The Saints host Iowa City Regina in the season opener Friday night at 7 in a battle of Catholic school powers.

Bryce Schulte, the head coach's son, welcomes the opportunity to play defense in his final year at Xavier.

"The past two years I've practiced defense before the first week of the season," he said. "Last year I played on one drive versus Assumption and then I got pulled. And I went in a couple times over the year when guys got hurt."

His playing time on defense figures to jump significantly this year.

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Martin paces Saints at Glynn's Creek

LONG GROVE - Sam Martin shot a 2-over-par 73 Thursday to lead the Xavier Saints to a seventh-place finish at the Cedar Rapids Warrior Golf Invitational at the Glynn's Creek Golf Course.

The Washington Warriors won their own meet with a four-man score of 292, topping Linn-Mar and West Des Moines Valley by eight shots.

Hank Weresh of Dowling Catholic and Andrew O'Brien of Waukee shared medalist honors at 3-under 68.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Washington 292, 2. (tie) Linn-Mar 300, West Des Moines Valley 300, 4. Dowling Catholic 302, 5. Kennedy 307, 6. Wahlert 308, 7. Xavier 309, 8. Waukee 310, 9. Indianola 315, 10. North Scott 321, 11. (tie) Prairie 326, Hempstead 326, 13. Waterloo West 350, 14. Jefferson 363.

XAVIER - 9. Sam Martin 73, 14. Ryan Keating 76, 24. Brad Karpick 78, 43. Tyler Breitbach 82, 60. Dan Bailey 86, 67. Trenton Smith 88.

Breitbach paces Saints at Linn-Mar Invy

Tyler Breitbach shot a 5-over-par 77 Monday to help the Xavier Saints finish eighth at the Linn-Mar Invitational golf tournament at Hunters Ridge.

Linn-Mar won the title at 293, edging West Des Moines Dowling by five shots.

Ryan Keating shot a 6-over 78 for the Saints. Brad Karpick had an 82 and Sam Martin submitted an 86.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Linn-Mar 293, 2. Dowling 298, 3. Waukee 307, 4. Washington 310, 5. Cedar Falls 311, 6. Indianola 317, 7. Prairie 319, 8. Xavier 323, 9. Dubuque Senior 327, 10. Western Dubuque 347, 11. Kennedy 356, 12. Jefferson 388, 13. Iowa City High 407.

Saints take 2nd at MVC golf meet

DUBUQUE - The Xavier Saints finished second at the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Golf Meet at The Meadows in Dubuque Thursday.

Linn-Mar clipped the Saints for the title, 307-313, in a field that included all 14 MVC teams.

Jack Recker of Linn-Mar won the individual title with a 2-over-par 74.

Tyler Breitbach led Xavier at 5-over 77. Brad Kaprick and Ryan Keating shot 78's for the Saints and Nick Recker submitted an 80.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Linn-Mar 307, 2. Xavier 313, 3. Dubuque Wahlert 319, 4. Cedar Falls 320, 5. Dubuque Senior 323, 6. Kennedy 330, 7. (tie) Washington 342, Dubuque Hempstead 342, 9. Prairie 345, 10. Iowa City West 347, 11. Jefferson 388, 12. Iowa City High 400, 13. Waterloo West 402, 14. Waterloo East 514.

TOP 10

1.  Jack Recker, Linn-Mar, 74
2.  Joe Dean, Cedar Falls 75
Louis Psihoyos, Dubuque Senior 75
Joey Kaesbauer, Hempstead 75
5.  Ben Greif, Linn-Mar, 76
6.  Connor Neighbors, Washington, 77
Andrew Wood, Linn-Mar, 77
Ben Bermel, Cedar Falls, 77
Tyler Breitbach, Xavier, 77
10. Jack Kamentz, Wahlert, 78
Jon Becker, Wahlert, 78
Brad Kaprick, Xavier, 78
Ryan Keating, Xavier, 78
Ian Johnston, Prairie, 78