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Xavier's Brendan Miller (25) races through the Linn-Mar defense for one of his four touchdowns Friday night in the Saints' 44-14 win over the Lions at Linn-Mar Stadium. Miller ran for a school record 275 yards. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)

Miller sets records as Saints top Lions

Fri - 25 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

Xavier High School tailback Brendan Miller fumbled the football the first time he touched it Friday, but it was the only thing the 5-foot-9, 175-pound senior did wrong all night.

Miller broke one school record and tied another as the eighth-ranked Saints rolled into the Class 4A playoffs with a 44-14 conquest of the Linn-Mar Lions on a chilly night at Linn-Mar Stadium.

Xavier (8-1) will host Clinton (4-5) in the first round of the playoffs Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Miller carried the ball 27 times for 268 yards and scored four touchdowns on gallops of 48, 43, 8 and 6 yards as Xavier gabbed a share of the Valley Division title in the Mississippi Valley Conference.

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Prairie outlasts Wahawks in OT

Fri - 25 Oct Written by Jim Nelson, Waterloo Courier

WATERLOO - Prairie battled back from a 17-3 halftime deficit to beat Waterloo West, 30-29, in overtime Friday night in the Hawks' regular-season finale at Memorial Stadium.

Prairie (5-4, 4-2) earned the No.10 seed in the playoffs and will play No.7 seed Kennedy (6-3) on Wednesday in a Class 4A first-round game at Kingston Stadium. Kickoff is 8 p.m.

Prairie had a chance to win the game in regulation, scoring on a three-play, 70-yard drive in the fourth quarter to tie the game, 23-23. The PAT kick failed, however, and the game ended up going to overtime.

Kentrel Smith's 10-yard TD pass reception in overtime gave Prairie a 29-23 lead and this tiime Sam Drysdale nailed the PAT kick for a 30-23 lead.

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Marion linebacker Nick Kramer (33) reaches out and intercepts a DeWitt Central pass Friday night at Thomas Park. Marion's defense turned in a stout performance and the Indians beat the Sabers, 10-0, to earn a Class 3A playoff berth. (Photo by Ken Gilchrist)

Marion wins its way into playoffs

Fri - 25 Oct Written by Don Taylor

Marion shrugged off five weeks of frustration Friday night and secured a berth in the Class 3A playoffs in a 10-0 win over DeWitt Central to end the regular football season at Thomas Park.

The Indians (4-5, 3-3) had lost four of their last five games and appeared to be on the brink of missing the playoffs before Friday.

But a swarming Marion defense completely shut down DeWitt’s offense. The Indians limited the Sabers (4-5, 3-3) to just 86 yards rushing in 28 carries and pressured them into four turnovers with one fumble and three interceptions.

“Tonight we were the team I thought we could be,” said Marion Coach Tony Perkins. “We ran to the ball all night and played as a unit.”

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J-Hawks end frustrating campaign with loss

Fri - 25 Oct Written by Clete Campbell

DUBUQUE – The night's mission was a season salvage project, plain and simple.

Friday night was about icing a painful losing streak, validating the countless hours of work Cedar Rapids Jefferson players and coaches had put into their disappointing 2013 season and upending a conference rival as hungry for a win as the J-Hawks were.

“We've been so bad for so long, but these kids were dedicated,” Jefferson Coach Brian Webb said.

Try as it fiercely might, Jefferson couldn't end an ultra-frustrating campaign on a winning note at Dalzell Field.

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Late flurry lifts RoughRiders

Fri - 25 Oct Written by Ryan Suchomel

Sooner or later, the RoughRiders -- the top scoring team in the USHL -- are going to light the lamp.

On Friday, it took three goals in the third period to come from behind and beat Youngstown 4-3 at the Stable in Cedar Rapids.

"Our guys know we didn't play a full game. You've got to play 60 minutes every night in this league," Cedar Rapids Coach Mark Carlson said. "But I give our guys credit for finding a way."

The RoughRiders (5-1) trailed 3-1 going into the final 20 minutes. Youngstown (4-6) had gotten a pair of goals from Luke Stork, including one on a power play in the second period.

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Miller sets records as Saints top Lions

Prairie outlasts Wahawks in OT

Marion wins its way into playoffs

J-Hawks end frustrating campaign with loss

Late flurry lifts RoughRiders

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