Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

VanDraska wins top prize at Muscatine

MUSCATINE - Tysen VanDraska claimed first place at the Muscatine Invitational cross country meet Tuesday and nearly led Cedar Rapids Prairie to the title.

Pleasant Valley and Prairie both finished with 40 points for their top-five runners, but Pleasant Valley won the tiebreaker on the basis of its sixth-place finisher.

VanDraska won the 5K race in 15 minutes, 56.5 seconds. Karson Sommer of Pleasant Valley placed second in 16:02.

Prairie had four runners in the top seven. Jake Moore was fifth, Cam Steffens sixth and Chris Oehlert seventh.

Reagan Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington finished fourth in the girls race in 18:59.2. Maddie Bach of Marion placed fifth in 19:14.2.

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Saints sweep Warriors in volleyball

Jess Callahan collected 40 assists Tuesday night as the Xavier Saints swept Washington, 25-13, 25-19, 25-21, in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match at Washington.

Charlotte Richards contributed 14 kills for the Saints. Ellie McDermott had 11 kills and five aces. Lexi Noonan contributed nine kills.

Callahan had eight digs and Anna Parr had seven.

Lindwall, Warriors wear Mississippi crown

WATERLOO - Frank Lindwall and the Washington Warriors wrapped up Mississippi Division golf titles at Gates Park in Waterloo Monday.

Lindwall claimed medalist honors with a 54-hole score of 227 with solid rounds of 77, 76 and 74 on three different courses on three different days. Washington captured the 2015 division crown by 22 shots over Xavier, 911 to 933.

Lindwall also submitted the low round Monday with a 74 at Gates Park.

Alex Slattery and Logan Bracey of Washington tied for second place in the 54-hole standings at 232. Sam Martin of Xavier also shared second place with a 232.

Mitch King and Luke Winker of Xavier finished fifth and sixth.

54-HOLE TEAM STANDINGS

1. Washington 911, 2. Xavier 933, 3. Prairie 973, 4. Iowa City High 1066, 5. Waterloo West 1082, 6. Dubuque Hempstead 1088, 7. Waterloo East (incomplete).

54-HOLE INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
Top 6

1.  Frank Lindwall, Washington    77-76-74=227
2.  Alex Slattery, Washington     75-77-80=232
Logan Bracey, Washington      75-79-78=232
Sam Martin, Xavier            78-78-76=232
5.  Mitch King, Xavier            84-74-76=234
6.  Luke Winker, Xavier           77-79-79=235

WASHINGTON - Frank Lindwall 77-76-74=227, Alex Slattery 75-77-80=232, Logan Bracey 75-79-78=232, Jabe Gonder 71-89-80=240, Connor Neighbors 83-78-79=240.

XAVIER - Sam Martin 78-78-76=232, Mitch King 84-74-76=234, Luke Winker 77-79-79=235, Tyler Breitbach 77-82-81=240, Matt Neumeyer 79-81-81=241, Brody Robinson 80-79-85=244.

PRAIRIE - Cal Clark 81-83-78=242, Cooper Reittinger 79-86-79=244, Griffen Clark 79-90-83=252, Matt Lorenz 88-83-82=253.

MONDAY'S TEAM STANDINGS

1. Washington 311, 2. Xavier 312, 3. Prairie 314, 4. Waterloo West 354, 5. Iowa City High 365, 6. Dubuque Hempstead 377, 7. Waterloo East 429.

MONDAY'S MEDALIST - Frank Lindwall, Washington, 74

Wilson stars as Saints dump Maquoketa

MAQUOKETA – Maliki Wilson studied the tapes of NFL greats like Walter Payton and Barry Sanders. Their reads, their cuts and their moves.

Man, those moves.

"I watch a lot of film of Walter Payton. I watch the way Barry Sanders used to cut back against the field,” said Wilson, Xavier's 5-foot-11, 175-pound junior running back. “My dad helps me study a lot.”

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, and Walter and Barry would have been flattered by Wilson's deft impressions of their Hall of Fame running styles Friday night.

Xavier took full control of the Class 3A, District 4 race with the dynamic and razzle-dazzling Wilson putting on a 191-yard, four-touchdown rushing clinic in the Saints' drama-less 42-13 victory over Maquoketa at Goodenow Field.

“He is a student of the game. He has a great love of the game,” Xavier coach Duane Schulte said.

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