Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No. 7 Lions sweep Saints in baseball

The seventh-ranked Linn-Mar Lions swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Xavier, 8-5 in eight innings and 7-4, at Ken Charipar Field on Friday night at Xavier.

The sweep lifted the Lions to 12-4 for the season. Xavier fell to 7-12.

The first game was tied, 3-3, after seven innings. Linn-Mar erupted for five runs in the top of the eighth, then withstood a two-run rally by the Saints in the bottom of the eighth.

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Xavier softball splits with Rams

DUBUQUE - Erin Drahozal belted a home run Thursday as the Xavier Saints defeated Dubuque Senior, 12-1, in the second game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader in Dubuque.

Dubuque Senior won the first game, 5-4.

Morgan Breitbach was 3-for-4 and scored two runs in the 12-1 victory. Charlotte Richards was 2-for-3 and scored twice. Drahozal also went 2-for-3 with her home run. Kylie Oldridge was the winning pitcher.

Jamie Feltes and Hannah Williams had two hits for Xavier in the first game. Drahozal took the loss.

The Saints, who are ranked 11th in Class 4A, have a 9-9 record this season.

J-Hawks, Saints split baseball twinbill

The Xavier Saints and Jefferson J-Hawks split a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader Thursday night at Ken Charipar Field.

The Saints won the first game, 10-5. The fourth-ranked J-Hawks rebounded with a 14-10 victory in a slugfest in the nightcap.

The split left Jefferson at 14-4 overall and Xavier at 7-10.

Nolan Arp went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and two runs scored for Xavier in the first game. Bryce Schulte, Bryce Charipar and Nick Stark had two RBIs for the Saints. Charipar was 2-for-3 and was the winning pitcher.

Lucas Larson went 3-for-3 for Jefferson in the opener. Brayden Frazier had two RBIs.

Caleb Stekl went 2-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs for Jefferson in the 14-10 victory. The J-Hawks exploded for 11 runs in the first inning and held on.

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Saints drop pair at IC West

IOWA CITY - The Xavier baseball team suffered a pair of tough loss against Iowa City West, 5-3 and 11-10, Wednesday in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader in Iowa City.

Xavier fell to 6-9 for the campaign. Iowa City West lifted its record to 13-7.

Sean Murphy had a double and two RBIs for the Saints in the first game. Connor Frese also had two hits.

Connor Powers went 2-for-2 with three RBIs for Xavier in the nightcap. Ben Fahnle also had two hits for the Saints.

Xavier scored in the top of the seventh to tie the nightcap at 10-10, but Iowa City West countered in the bottom of the seventh for the victory.

GAME 1

Xavier   000 030 0 - 3 6 2
IC West  050 000 x - 5 6 0

W - Lohaus. L - Callahan.

GAME 2

Xavier   501 003 1 - 10 8 1
IC West  331 120 1 - 11 10 1

W - McLean. L - Wawro.