Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Rima claims state title in 400

DES MOINES - Jalen Rima scrunched his face and shook his head when former Cedar Rapids Prairie football coach Mike Morrissey told him to join the track team two years ago.

Rima did not want to run around in circles, but Morrissey made it perfectly clear: No track, no football.

"I wasn't going to go out my freshman year, but because of him I went out," Rima said Thursday, all smiles. "Thank god he made me."

Rima blazed to victory in the 400 meter dash in 48.85 seconds at the Class 4A state track meet in Des Moines and is now perfectly happy to run track instead of just running pass patterns.

In fact, the faster he runs in track, the more attention he gets from Division I college football teams. Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and others called Morrissey a few days after Rima ran an incredibly fast 400 meter split in a relay at the Drake Relays this year.

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Xavier's Jasper, doubles team to state

Xavier's Allison Jasper won the Class 1A regional girls singles title and Jeanne and Claire Bouchard won the doubles crown Thursday at the Veterans Memorial Tennis Center.

Jasper downed Camanche's Maddie Parker, 6-1, 6-0, in the final as both advanced to state. The Bouchards were 6-4, 6-3 winners over Camanche's Page Edens and Alexa DeVries. Both teams move on to the state meet.

Saints solve Hawks in soccer showdown

The Xavier Saints found the secret to scoring goals against the Prairie Hawks Tuesday.

They scored seven of them.

The Saints rolled by the Hawks, 7-1, in a showdown of Mississippi Valley Conference powers at Heco Field on the Xavier campus.

Prairie had surrendered only eight goals in 13 games this season, but Xavier nearly matched that total in a single outing.

Nolan Armstrong led the onslaught for the Saints with two goals. Mason Hoxie, Luke Duball, Josh Hoffmann, Will Hanigan and Luke Koechner also found the net for Xavier.

Connor Ramlo contributed two assists for Xavier. Hoffmann, Luke Koechner, Luke Duball, Nick Koechner and Spencer Duball also had assists for the winners.

Logan Rinderknecht tallied the only goal for Prairie.

Xavier, ranked No. 2 in Class 2A, raised its records to 11-2 overall and 10-2 in the MVC. Prairie, ranked No. 6 in Class 3A, fell to 11-3 overall and 9-3 in the conference.

Kousheh helps Prairie boot Xavier

Hannah Kousheh scored two goals Tuesday night as Cedar Rapids Prairie blanked Xavier, 4-0, in a Mississippi Valley Conference soccer match at John Wall Field.

Kousheh collected one of her goals on a penalty kick. MaKenzie Serbousek and Paige Pritts also scored for the Hawks. There were no assists.

Prairie raised its overall record to 9-3.