Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No.7 Saints blank West Delaware, 1-0

Erin Drahozal pitched a shutout Wednesday night as the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints blanked West Delaware, 1-0, in a non-conference softball game at Xavier.

Sydney Galligan drove in Hayley Deutmeyer with the only run.

The Saints, ranked No.7 in Class 4A, finished the regular season with a 29-11 record.

Woods hits for cycle as Saints split

Corbin Woods hit for the cycle Tuesday night as the 10th-ranked Xavier Saints belted Cedar Falls, 9-0, in the second game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Ken Charipar Field.

Cedar Falls won the first game, 6-3.

Woods collected a single, double, triple and home run in the nightcap for the Saints (22-12, 14-8). Mitch Keller had three hits and three RBIs.

Eric Schemmel tossed a three-hit shutout for Xavier.

Jake Harriott had two hits for the Saints in the opener.

Cedar Falls is 20-10 overall and 15-9 in the conference.

Saints claim 1st MVC softball crown

There have been many titles won in girls athletics since Cedar Rapids Xavier opened in 1998.

One of the few missing crowns was a Mississippi Valley Conference divisional title in softball. That was crossed off the list Monday night.

The Saints got the sweep they needed to secure the Valley Division championship, downing Cedar Rapids Washington, 15-6 and 7-1, on the Washington diamond.

Xavier, ranked No. 7 in Class 4A, finishes regular-season play at  28-11 overall, 20-6 in the league. Cedar Rapids Prairie, which swept its twinbill against Dubuque Hempstead, finished a game back at 19-7. Washington, which opens Class 5A tournament play Saturday at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, fell to 14-24, 7-19.

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Saints club Waterloo East twice

WATERLOO - Xavier pounded out 33 hits and scored 33 runs and swept a doubleheader from Waterloo East, 20-3 and 13-4, Wednesday night in Mississippi Valley Conference baseball.

The Saints (21-11, 14-8) pulled into a third-place tie with Cedar Falls in the Valley Division, one game behind co-leaders Prairie and Linn-Mar.

Mitch Keller had two hits, including a grand slam, and drove in six runs in the opener. Corbin Woods also belted a home run and had two RBIs. Jordan Ratz had four hits, Zach Brown three.

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