Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Marion upsets No.15 Saints in regional

Maybe the Marion Indians were too young to be nervous Saturday night against the 15th-ranked Xavier Saints. Or maybe they simply didn't care how young they are.

The Indians had an eighth grader at shortstop. They had another eighth grader behind the plate. They have only one senior on the team and she bats ninth. Yet they all played like season veterans in the biggest game of the year so far.

The young Indians upset the Saints, 1-0, in the Class 4A regional semifinals at Bob Erusha Field and now are one victory away from reaching the state tournament for only the second time in school history.

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Saints sweep Waterloo West in baseball

WATERLOO - The Xavier Saints scored 20 runs Friday and swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Waterloo West, 10-6 and 10-0, in Waterloo.

The sweep lifted Xavier to 11-13 in the conference and 16-18 overall. Waterloo West fell to 3-21 in the conference and 3-27 overall.

Bryce Charipar socked a two-run homer and had three hits for the Saints in the 10-6 victory in the opener. Bryce Schulte, Connor Powers, Drake Wawro and Nick Stark had two hits. Schulte was the winning pitcher.

Schulte collected three hits with a double and two RBIs in the second game. Charipar had two hits. Max Hammerberg pitched six shutout innings for the victory.

GAME 1

Xavier         061 110 1 - 10 14 0
Waterloo West  103 020 0 - 6 12 1

W - Schulte. L - Champion.

GAME 2

Xavier         102 011 5 - 10 11 0
Waterloo West  000 000 0 - 0 5 3

W - Hammerberg. L - Anderson.

Saints trim Bettendorf in baseball

The Xavier Saints edged Bettendorf, 4-3, in a non-conference baseball game Wednesday night at Ken Charipar Field.

Nolan Arp had a clutch two-out, two-run double in the second inning for Xavier. Bryce Charipar hit a triple.

The Saints raised their record to 14-18 overall.

Bettendorf  000 010 2 - 3 7 0

Xavier         030 100 x - 4 8 2

W - Tvedt. L - Klutho.

Callahan tosses 2-hitter for Saints

Matt Callahan pitched a two-hit shutout Tuesday as the Xavier Saints bopped Cedar Falls, 10-0, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Ken Charipar Field.

Cedar Falls won the nightcap, 5-1.

Bryce Schulte, Bryce Charipar, Max Hammerberg and Nick Kamin had two hits for Xavier in the 10-0 victory.

Charipar socked a home run for Xavier's only tally in the nightcap.

The split left the Saints at 13-18 overall and 9-13 in the conference. Cedar Falls is 18-11 overall and 14-10 in the conference.

GAME 1

Cedar Falls    000 000 - 0 2 1
Xavier         040 312 - 10 12 2

W - Callahan. L - Schultz.

GAME 2

Cedar Falls    003 010 1 - 5 8 0
Xavier         000 100 0 - 1 7 1

W - Marchesant. L - Hammberberg.