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Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Saints host Regina in premier battle

Thu - 16 Oct Written by Jim Ecker

All of the Class 4A football teams in the Metro area refused to play Xavier when the Saints dropped to Class 3A this year, so the Saints had to get creative and find some willing partners.

They succeeded beyond anyone's wildest imagination.

Xavier will host Iowa City Regina Friday night at Saints Field in an intriguing showdown of state powers.

The Saints reached the Class 4A finals in 2012 and 2013 before the advent of district play in Eastern Iowa allowed them to drop safely into their proper enrollment bracket in Class 3A. The Regals, meanwhile, are the premier program in Class 1A and have won four straight state titles under Coach Marv Cook.

Regina saw its 56-game winning streak come to an end against Solon - a Class 3A club - in the season opener this year, but the Regals have won six straight games since then and are averaging 43.4 points per game.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014 17:06

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Cougars spike Saints in volleyball

Wed - 15 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

Macy Anderson collected 17 kills Tuesday night as Kennedy topped Xavier, 25-19, 20-25, 25-17, 25-21, in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match at Xavier.

Gabbie Meyer, Kendal Meier and Maddy Palmer had three aces for the Cougars. Meyer was 24-for-24 on serves and Meier was 19-for-19. Meier also had 12 digs.

Anna Fluent collected 40 assists. Brinley Milbrath had 13 kills, Paige Franck nine digs and Hannah Skow five block assists.

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Dike-New Hartford wins Jeff volleyball

Sat - 11 Oct Written by Metro Sports Report

Dike-New Hartford won six straight matches Saturday and captured top honors at the Westside Invitational volleyball tournament at Jefferson High School.

Dike-New Hartford, ranked No. 1 in Class 2A, played giant killer when it whipped Ankeny Centennial, 25-18, 25-19, in the championship match. Ankeny Centennial is ranked No. 3 in Class 5A, which is the largest class in the state.

Kennedy and Linn-Mar both reached the quarterfinals of the gold bracket playoffs before being eliminated. Kennedy fell to Dowling, 25-21, 25-20, and Linn-Mar lost to Dike-New Hartford, 25-20, 25-18.

POOL A: Dike-New Hartford 3-0, Linn-Mar 2-1, Davenport Assumption 1-2, Waterloo West 0-3.
POOL B: Ankeny Centennial 3-0, Wahlert 2-1, Xavier 1-2, North Cedar 0-3.
POOL C: Kennedy 3-0, West Delaware 2-1, West Liberty 1-2, Washington 0-3.
POOL D: Solon 3-0, Iowa City West 2-1, Tripoli 1-2, Waterloo Columbus 0-3.
POOL E: Mount Vernon 3-0, Grundy Center 2-1, Jefferson 1-2, Des Moines Roosevelt 0-3.
POOL F: Dowling 3-0, Marion 2-1, Williamsburg 1-2, Hempstead 0-3.

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No.5 Saints roll by Wahlert, 41-12

Fri - 10 Oct Written by Clete Campbell

DUBUQUE – The Cedar Rapids Xavier football team is not invincible, a point Western Dubuque drove home a week ago while pulling arguably the season's biggest Class 3A upset on the Saints' home turf.

But when the Saints are on their game and themselves, they're a migraine headache even Excedrin won't stop, a point Dubuque Wahlert will confirm after Friday night.

An angry Xavier team rediscovered its identity by returning to what it does best: Dominating the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, establishing its electric running game and controlling the game from first quarter to fourth.

Jay Kortemeyer trucked for 207 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries and the Class 3A No. 5-ranked Saints rolled off 41 unanswered points while bouncing back with a 41-12 statement stomping of Wahlert at Loras College's Rock Bowl.

The past week may have been the lost collective week of Saints players' lives.

 

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Last Updated on Friday, 10 October 2014 23:09

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VanDraska leads Prairie to MVC crown

Thu - 09 Oct Written by Cindy Petersen

Cedar Rapids Prairie junior Tysen VanDraska is built to run.

A compact 5-foot-6 and 125 pounds, he has the endurance to run long distances at a fast clip and the speed to finish a 5-kilometer race with a punishing kick that leaves others behind.

VanDraska put his talents to good use Thursday and captured the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet on his home course at Prairie in 15 minutes, 59 seconds for a seven-second victory.

The Prairie Hawks edged Linn-Mar and Cedar Falls for the team championship in a tight three-school battle with VanDraska in first place, Matt Lorenz in fifth place and Jake Moore seventh for Prairie.

VanDraska and Linn-Mar senior Daniel Murphy ran stride-for-stride for much of the race and Murphy nudged in front at the 10-minute mark, but VanDraska was too fast for everyone else when they finished on the Prairie track.

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