Metro Sports Report

Duane Schulte getting new hip

It's not unusual for football players to postpone a surgical procedure until after their season is over, assuming they have that luxury.

They'll play in a little pain, if their doctor lets them, then get something fixed later. It's what players do.

Coaches, too.

Xavier football coach Duane Schulte will have hip replacement surgery in Des Moines on Monday. He probably wouldn't have mentioned it to a reporter, but it was revealed during an exchange of e-mails about something else on Sunday.

5 Saints make Register all-state team

Corbin Woods, Craig Murtha, Reggie Schulte, Seth Fahnle and Ryan Persick from Xavier High School were named to the Des Moines Register all-state football teams Sunday.

Alex Hillyer of Kennedy, Jarred Edmonds of Prairie, Cam Rathje of Prairie and Trev Biery of Marion also were saluted on the honor squads.

CVC playing home games in Shellsburg

The Cedar Valley Christian School is located on Cottage Grove Avenue in southeast Cedar Rapids, but don't go there in search of any home basketball games this season.

The Huskies will play all of their "home" boys basketball and girls basketball games in Shellsburg this season at the Shellsburg Elementary School.

The basketball court at Cedar Valley Christian is only 74 feet long, which is 10 feet shorter than a regulation high school gym. It's long enough to meet legal requirements, but there is limited seating and the walls are close to the floor.

Confusion mars Xavier's loss to Ankeny

CEDAR FALLS - In all those backyard games with his pals, Reggie Schulte imagined he was Brett Favre as he led his team to a dramatic victory in the closing seconds.

But in all those games at his house, there was never anyone who messed up the down box and told everyone it was first down when it was really fourth down.

Bedlam and confusion plagued the final seconds of the Class 4A state championship game Friday night as the underdog Saints suffered a heartbreaking 23-17 loss to top-ranked Ankeny before a boisterous crowd of more than 12,000 fans in the UNI-Dome.