Xavier football is top story of 2013
The Xavier Saints reached the championship game of the Class 4A football playoffs for the second year in a row this season, then a month later the school declared it would stop playing in the Mississippi Valley Conference next year and compete at the Class 3A level instead.
Xavier's march to the Class 4A finals and its subsequent decision to stop playing MVC football after 16 years is this observer's choice as the No.1 story in the Metro area this year.
The Saints will be going from Class 4A underdogs to Class 3A behemoths, ushering in a new era for the school and the Mississippi Valley Conference.
This has been an eventful year on the Metro scene with many big stories. Here is the rest of the top 12, followed by Honorable Mention:
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