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The Xavier Saints were ranked No.1 in Class 4A in the first regular-season high school football poll by the Des Moines Register Sunday.
Xavier opened the season Friday with a 35-7 victory at Dubuque Hempstead. The Saints reached the 4A championship game last year and finished with a 13-1 record.
Cedar Falls is ranked No.2 in Class 4A, followed by Dowling Catholic, Pleasant Valley and Bettendorf.
DUBUQUE – In searing humidity on Opening Night of a season of great expectations and state championship predictions, Quinton Scholer looked like the most comfortable prep football player in the state of Iowa on Friday night. He couldn’t have been more relaxed if he was snoozing in a hammock on a Saturday afternoon.
If Scholer was feeling any pressure in his first start since taking the reins of the Cedar Rapids Xavier offense from graduated all-stater Reggie Schulte, he wasn’t showing it. Iceland isn’t this cool.
A razor-sharp Scholer drove the Saints offense like a smooth-running Mercedes and the Saints returned to the gridiron with a rousing, telling reminder of why coaches from Sioux City to Muscatine have pegged them as Iowa’s 4A team to beat in 2013.
Scholer, who made more interceptions playing defensive back last year (three) than he had pass attempts as Schulte’s backup, made himself completely at home behind center.
Scholer passed for 112 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another 99 yards and two scores as Xavier opened with a business-like 35-7 punch-out of a green Dubuque Hempstead team at Dubuque’s snazzy new $9 million Dalzell Field.
Last Updated on Friday, 30 August 2013 23:41
GRANGER - The Kennedy and Xavier boys golf teams found out how they matched up against some of the better squads in the state Wednesday at the Johnston Invitational at Jester Park.
Both teams have some work to do before October rolls around.
Kennedy finished fourth and Xavier seventh in the highly competitive meet. Dowling Catholic won by four strokes over Bettendorf. Kennedy was 12 shots back and Xavier 14.
Xavier's Matt Junge finished eighth in a card back, four shots behind winner John Stroud of Dowling. Kennedy's Davis Sutton and Xavier's Jordan Even were five shots back.
Xavier is ninth in Class 4A in the preseason volleyball rankings released Monday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
Marion is ranked 14th in Class 4A.
Bettendorf is No.1 in Class 5A and Harlan is No.1 in 4A.
Duane Schulte called the Xavier football team together for the start of practice Wednesday and led the team as it jogged from the school to the practice field.
They kept coming and coming and coming.
There are 86 players on the varsity this year, the most since the high school opened for business in 1998. There are another 79 players on the sophomore and freshman teams, making for a total of 165 guys in the Xavier football program.
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