Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Hempstead sweeps Saints in softball

Dubuque Hempstead swept a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader from the Xavier Saints Tuesday, 8-6 and 4-2, at Xavier.

The first game went nine innings.

Sydney Galligan went 4-for-4 for Xavier (3-3, 3-3) in the opener. Allison Schwach was 2-for-3. Jacey Wiebold was charged with the loss.

Erin Drahozal went 3-for-3 with a single, double and home run for the Saints in the second game. Drahozal suffered the loss.

Saints, Warriors trade 3-2 wins

The Xavier Saints and Washington Warriors met in the championship game of the Bob Vrbicek Metro Tournament less than two weeks ago and it was an 11-1 mismatch in Xavier's favor.

The rematch Monday night was as tight as it gets as the clubs traded 3-2 victories in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Washington.

Logan Clarahan’s RBI single and a bases-loaded walk to Bryce Grimm in the top of the eighth inning gave Xavier a 3-2 victory in the nightcap.

Clarahan had two of Xavier’s six hits while Reggie Schulte, Eric Schemmel and Mitch Keller combined to throw a one-hitter.

“I had two strikes and I just knew I was going to get a curveball so I just went with it,” said Clarahan. “My mindset was to just get the run in.”

Runs were hard to come by for the Saints, who stranded 24 runners in the doubleheader.

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Armstrong's 4 goals send Saints to state

The Xavier Saints began winning state soccer titles on a regular basis when Kayla Armstrong was in the fifth grade, dreaming about becoming a high school player herself one day.

Now a senior and one of the elite players in Iowa, Armstrong wants to finish her career with another state crown before taking her skills to Drake University this fall.

Armstrong poured in four goals Monday as the top-ranked Saints blanked Waverly-Shell Rock, 4-0, in the regional finals at Heco Field to earn a berth in the Class 2A state tournament.

Xavier (16-1) will face ADM/Van Meter (12-6) in the opening round Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines.

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Drahozal gem gives Saints split

Erin Drahozal scattered four hits and Hayley Deutmeyer doubled home the only run of the game to lead Xavier to a 1-0 win over Iowa City West and a split of their Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader Monday night at Xavier.

West won the opener, 7-4.

Erica Mille had three hits, and Allison Schwach and Jenna Schulte had two apiece for Xavier in the opener. Schulte slugged a home run.

Jacey Wiebold took the loss.