Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Xavier boys bowlers fend off Prairie

Fri - 03 Jan Written by Metro Sports Report

The Xavier boys bowlers rolled four 200 games in the Baker round to hold off Prairie, 2959-2885, Friday afternoon at May City Bowl.

Xavier held a one-pin lead after the first round. Zach Klimesh led the Saints with a 419 series. Zach Schnoebelen shot a 242 game.

Andrew Galloro led Prairie with a 403 series. He tied with Walker Hunt for high game with 220.

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Blood's 445 series hikes Prairie past Xavier

Fri - 03 Jan Written by Metro Sports Report

Rylee Blood had the line Friday at May City Bowl, rolling a 267 high game and 445 series to lead Prairie past Xavier, 2598-1832, in girls bowling.

Amber Westemeier had a 349 series and Ashley Grady a 329 series for Prairie.

Tanya Zaugg's 299 series paced Xavier.

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Turner commits to Wyoming football

Tue - 24 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

Xavier High School offensive lineman Cole Turner has committed to play football at the University of Wyoming, according to the Iowa Prep Sports website.

Turner, 6-4, 275, helped the Saints make two straight trips to the championship game of the Class 4A playoffs in 2012 and 2013.

Craig Bohl, who led North Dakota State to the FCS national title in 2011 and 2012, is the new head coach at Wyoming.

Turner is also a successful wrestler at Xavier. He is ranked seventh in Class 3A at 285 pounds.

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Saints fall to 10th in cage ratings

Mon - 23 Dec Written by Metro Sports Report

The Xavier Saints fell from No.8 to No.10 in the Associated Press Class 3A boys basketball rankings Monday after losing to top-ranked Iowa City West Friday.

Xavier (4-2) is the only ranked team from the Metro area. Kennedy (5-1) received votes in the Class 4A rankings.

The No.1 teams are Iowa City West in 4A, Harlan in 3A, Western Christian in 2A and Newell-Fonda in 1A.

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Turner caught on quickly in wrestling

Sat - 21 Dec Written by Jim Ecker

Xavier High School senior Cole Turner is ranked No.7 at heavyweight in Class 3A with a sparkling 14-1 record this season, stamping him as somebody to watch at the state meet in February.

That's pretty lofty stuff for a guy who did not start wrestling until a year ago.

Turner was a mainstay on the offensive line for the Xavier football team the last two seasons as the Saints made two straight trips to the state finals, but he played basketball when he was younger and never donned a singlet until last year.

Xavier wrestling coach Ryan Chambers can only wonder how good Turner would be now if he had tried the sport as a freshman.

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