Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Saints fall to No. 4 Dowling

The Xavier Saints lost to fourth-ranked Dowling, 5-2, in a prep baseball game Tuesday night at Ken Charipar Field.

Connor Powers had two hits and a double for Xavier. Drake Wawro drove in both runs for the Saints.

Xavier fell to 10-16 for the campaign. Dowling raised its record to 21-6.

Dowling  140 000 0 - 5 8 0

Xavier     010 100 0 - 2 4 1

W - Hoey. L - Schulte.

Xavier baseball team sweeps twinbill

The Xavier Saints swept Waterloo East, 4-1 and 11-1, in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader Monday at Ken Charipar Field.

The twin-killing lifted Xavier to 10-15 overall and 7-11 in the MVC.

Matt Callahan pitched a three-hitter for the Saints in the 4-1 victory. Nolan Arp had two hits.

Max Hammerberg tossed a one-hitter for Xavier in the 11-1 victory, which ended after five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule. Hammerberg collected nine strikeouts.

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Xavier girls swept by Waterloo West

The Xavier girls softball team lost a pair of Mississippi Valley Conference games to Waterloo West on Monday, 6-4 and 7-4, at Xavier.

The Saints, who began the day with a nine-game winning streak, fell to 17-11 overall and 11-9 in the conference. Waterloo West raised its records to 16-9 overall and 13-7 in the conference.

Maria Steffen suffered the loss for Xavier in the 6-4 setback. Kylie Oldridge was the losing pitcher in the 7-4 defeat.

Claire Christianson and Jamie Feltes scored twice for the Saints in the nightcap.

Hot Saints win Linn-Mar tourney

The closer Nikki Gahring comes to giving birth to her own child, the better her kids on the Xavier softball team keep playing.

The Saints finished an impressive week by topping Center Point-Urbana, 8-6, in the championship game of the Linn-Mar softball tournament Saturday afternoon.

Xavier swept Linn-Mar on Tuesday, swept Cedar Falls on Thursday, won two games in the Linn-Mar tournament Friday and won two more games Saturday for eight victories in five days.

The Saints, now riding a nine-game winning streak, have raised their record to 17-9 as they get closer to the postseason and closer to Gahring's due date in two weeks.

The Saints beat some good teams in the Linn-Mar tournament with a 2-1 victory over Waverly-Shell Rock (ranked No. 8 in Class 4A), a 2-1 victory over Linn-Mar (ranked No. 10 in 5A last week) and the 8-6 verdict over Center Point-Urbana (ranked No. 7 in Class 3A).

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