Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Saints climb to 6th in Register poll

The Xavier Saints climbed another spot to No.6 in the Class 4A football rankings by the Des Moines Register Sunday.

The Saints (8-1) finished the regular season Friday with a 44-14 victory at Linn-Mar. Xavier will host Clinton in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs Wednesday night.

West Des Moines Dowling is No.1 in the Class 4A rankings, followed by Pleasant Valley, Ames, Waukee and West Des Moines Valley.

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Miller sets records as Saints top Lions

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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Xavier girls lead 3A runners to state

SOLON - The Xavier girls cross country team placed third at the Class 3A race in Solon Thursday to qualify for the state meet in Fort Dodge Nov. 2.

Jenny Dickes finished fourth for the Saints and Emiko Coffey was sixth. Marinna Schroud (14th), Addy Hoffman (17th) and Sydney Oakley (31st) helped Xavier score 72 points to finish behind Davenport Assumption and Mount Vernon/Lisbon to grab the third and final spot at state.

Madison Bach of Marion placed fifth to qualify for the state meet as the top-10 individuals also advanced to Fort Dodge. The Marion Indians finished sixth in the team standings.

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Xavier 5th, Marion 10th in final volleyball poll

Xavier is fifth and Marion 10th in the final Class 4A volleyball rankings of the season released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Xavier dropped one spot and Marion moved up one place in the rankings.

Ankeny is ranked No.1 in Class 5A, followed by Bettendorf, Ankeny Centennial, Urbandale and Pleasant Valley.

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