Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Xavier jumps to No.4 in volleyball rankings

Thu - 10 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

Xavier vaulted three spots to No.4 in this week's Class 4A volleyball rankings released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Atthletic Union.

The Saints (20-7) are ranked behind Harlan (20-2), Solon (17-1) and West Delaware (26-3).

Marion (19-10) fell one spot to No.11.

Bettendorf, MOC-Floyd Valley, Dike-New Hartford and Holy Trinity join Harlan as the top ranked teams in their respective classes.

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Xavier spikes Waterloo West

Tue - 08 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

WATERLOO - Britni Scholtes collected 33 assists and Halle Heying had 21 digs Tuesday night as Xavier swept Waterloo West, 25-16, 25-20, 25-10, in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match in Waterloo.

Madsey Richards and Kasey Vanden Bosch led the Saints with 11 kills. Erica Neuwohner and Kayla Torson had eight kills.

Heying had five aces and Vanden Bosch had three.

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Cougars, Warriors, Saints heading to state

Mon - 07 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

Kennedy High School has a lot of friendly, fun-loving guys on its golf team, but something has been bugging them for nearly 365 days now, ever since they lost the 2012 state tournament to Waukee by a single shot.

"There's definitely a little anger," Davis Sutton said Monday. "It's frustrating to lose by one shot. We're going to definitely give it a run this year."

The Cougars served notice Monday with a dominating performance at the Class 4A district meet on a gorgeous day for golf at Elmcrest Country Club in northeast Cedar Rapids.

Sutton took medalist honors with a 3-over-par 73 and Kennedy captured the team title with an impressive four-man score of 299. Conner Koberg shot 74, Cole Murdock fired a 76 and Seth Nutt also had a 76 as the Cougars placed four guys in the top-10.

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Saints fall to 9th in Register poll

Sun - 06 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

The Xavier Saints fell from No.1 to No.9 in the Class 4A football rankings Sunday by the Des Moines Register following their 26-10 loss to Cedar Rapids Washington Friday night.

Dowling Catholic (6-0) took over the No.1 spot, followed by Pleasant Valley, Ames, Iowa City West and Waukee.

Sioux City Heelan is ranked No.1 in Class 3A, Waukee is No.1 in Class 2A, Iowa City Regina is No.1 in Class 1A, BGM is No.1 in Class A and Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton is No.1 in Eight-Player.

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Warriors stun No.1 Saints, 26-10

Fri - 04 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

Paul James quit coaching once. The way things are going now, it might be a long, long time before he ever quits again.

James and the amazing Washington Warriors tore the top-ranked Xavier Saints to shreds Friday night with a stunning 26-10 victory that was equal parts coaching genius and equal parts a phenomenal performance by the guys in red, white and blue.

The Saints and their homecoming crowd left the stadium with the same thought: Who were those guys?

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