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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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No. 4 J-Hawks take pair from Wahlert

The fourth-ranked Jefferson baseball team raised its record to 13-3 Wednesday by sweeping a Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill from Dubuque Wahlert at the Jefferson field, 3-1 and 11-2.

Tyler Roeder and Cam Frazier both had two doubles for Jefferson in the first game. Spencer VanScoyoc, Lucas Larson and Frazier had RBIs. VanScoyoc pitched four innings for the victory and Jared Eivins tossed three shutout innings for a save.

Manny Olutunde went 3-for-4 with four RBIs for the J-Hawks in the second game. Roeder was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs. Colton Knox was 3-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and three runs scored. Olutunde had a double and triple. VanScoyoc had two hits.

Tyler Konigsmark pitched four innings for the victory. Roeder tossed three shutout innings with five strikeouts for a save.

Wahlert fell to 6-10.

GAME 1

Wahlert     010 000 0 - 1
Jefferson   011 010 x - 3

W - S.VanScoyoc. L - Savary. S - Eivins.

GAME 2

Wahlert     000 200 0 - 2
Jefferson   005 204 x - 11

W - Konigsmark. L - Buss. S - Roeder.

No.4 J-Hawks top Des Moines East

DES MOINES - Jared Eivins went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs Tuesday night as the fourth-ranked Jefferson J-Hawks defeated Des Moines, 8-4, in Des Moines.

Jefferson raised its record to 11-3. Des Moines East fell to 8-6.

Caleb Stekl was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the J-Hawks. Tyler Roeder also had two hits. Colton Knox pitched six innings for the victory.

Jefferson        200 300 3 - 8
Des Moines East  103 000 0 - 4

W - Knox. L - Alcala.

4 Metro teams make baseball rankings

Cedar Rapids Prairie jumped into the prep baseball rankings Monday by the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association, putting four Metro teams in the Class 4A rankings for the first time this season.

The Jefferson J-Hawks are ranked No. 4, Linn-Mar is No. 7, Prairie is No. 8 and Kennedy has fallen to No. 10 after beginning the year in the No. 1 spot in the poll.

Three Central Iowa teams top the Class 4A charts with Johnston, Waukee and Southeast Polk ranked 1-2-3.

The Xavier Saints dropped out of the Class 3A rankings.

CLASS 4A

1. Johnston, 2. Waukee, 3. Southeast Polk, 4. Jefferson, 5. Dowling, 6. Sioux City East, 7. Linn-Mar, 8. Prairie, 9. Iowa City West, 10. Kennedy.

CLASS 3A

1. Davenport Assumption, 2. Pella, 3. West Delaware, 4. Sioux City Heelan, 5. Harlan, 6. Knoxville, 7. Gilbert, 8. Waverly-Shell Rock, 9. Fairfield, 10. Williamsburg.