Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Xavier softball wins twice at tourney

The Xavier Saints won both of their games at the Linn-Mar softball tournament Friday to reach the semifinals of the 16-team event.

The Saints topped Monticello, 7-3, in their first game and trimmed Waverly-Shell Rock, 2-1, in the quarterfinals.

Xavier will meet Linn-Mar in the semifinals Saturday at 11:45 a.m.

Erin Drahozal went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the 7-3 victory over Monticello. Jamie Feltes and Kailee Becker had two hits. Maria Steffen was the winning pitcher.

Hannah Helms went 2-for-3 and socked a home run in the 2-1 victory over Waverly-Shell Rock, which is ranked No. 8 in Class 4A. Drahozal got the victory in the circle.

The Linn-Mar Lions reached the semifinals with a 9-0 victory over Vinton-Shellsburg and a 7-4 verdict over Bettendorf in eight innings.

Xavier softball team sweeps Tigers

CEDAR FALLS - The Xavier Saints climbed into the thick of the Mississippi Division softball race Thursday night by sweeping a twinbill from Cedar Falls, 9-1 and 14-4.

Xavier pulled into a tie for second place with Waterloo West in the division with 11-7 league records, just one game behind Prairie (12-6) with eight games left in the Mississippi Valley Conference season.

Cassie Himmelsbach went 2-for-3 with a home run and scored twice in the 9-1 victory. Jamie Feltes was 2-for-4 with a double. Erin Drahozal got the victory.

Morgan Breitbach went 2-for-3 in the second game. Drahozal was 2-for-4 with a double and scored twice. Kylie Oldridge got the victory.

Xavier is 13-9 overall. Cedar Falls fell to 7-13 in the MVC and 11-16 overall.

Lions, Cougars placed in same substate

The dream of having four Metro baseball teams reach the Class 4A state tournament was dashed by the Iowa High School Athletic Association Thursday.

The IHSAA put No. 7 Linn-Mar and No. 9 Kennedy in the same substate, which means only one of them can make the state tournament. The Lions swept the Cougars in a conference doubleheader earlier this season and have the edge for the No. 1 seed in the substate.

Cedar Falls, Marshalltown, Waterloo East and Waterloo West are in Substate No. 3 with Linn-Mar and Kennedy.

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Saints drop twinbill at Dubuque Senior

DUBUQUE - The tough times continued for the Xavier baseball team in Dubuque Tuesday.

The Saints dropped a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader to Dubuque Senior, 7-1 and 6-5 in eight innings.

Nick Stark had two hits for Xavier in the first game. Nolan Arp had two hits in the nightcap.

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