Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Jay Kortemeyer wins Metro Spotlight Award

Jay Kortemeyer of the Xavier football team is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Kortemeyer carried the ball 28 times for 178 yards Friday night as the Saints defeated Davenport Assumption, 30-6, with a ball-control attack at Brady Street Stadium in Davenport.

Kortemeyer averaged a healthy 6.4 yards per carry to help Xavier finish with an official 291 yards on the ground.

Davenport Assumption was ranked No.5 in Class 3A heading into the ballgame. Xavier stayed No.1 in the Class 3A rankings Sunday with the victory.

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Linn-Mar jumps to 9th in football poll

The Linn-Mar Lions climbed into the No. 9  spot in the Class 4A football rankings Sunday by the Des Moines Register.

Linn-Mar (2-0) defeated Pleasant Valley, 21-14, Friday night.

The Washington Warriors (2-0) stayed in the No. 2 spot in the Class 4A poll after belting Kennedy, 41-7.

The Xavier Saints (1-1) remained at the top of the Class 3A rankings after topping Davenport Assumption, 30-6. The Saints host third-ranked Solon (2-0) Friday night.

CLASS 4A

1. Dowling (2-0), 2. Waukee (2-0), 3. Washington (2-0), 4. Bettendorf (2-0), 5. Ankeny Centennial (2-0), 6. Johnston (2-0), 7. North Scott (2-0), 8. West Des Moines Valley (1-1), 9. Linn-Mar (2-0), 10. Sioux City East (2-0).

CLASS 3A

1. Xavier (1-1), 2. Pella (2-0), 3. Solon (2-0), 4. West Delaware (2-0), 5. Waverly-Shell Rock (2-0), 6. Gilbert (2-0), 7. Humboldt (2-0), 8. Sioux City Heelan (1-1), 9. Carroll (2-0), 10. Ballard (2-0).

Wash tournament had something for everyone

A star-studded 12-team field Saturday at the 24th annual Washington Warrior Invitational volleyball tournament showed once again that class doesn’t really matter.

In the championship finals, Class 5A fourth-ranked Johnston survived Class 3A top-ranked Solon in three games.

But throughout the day-long tourney with seven ranked teams, little schools battled big ones on an equal footing.

From the Metro area, highly ranked Class 4A Marion and Class 5A Linn-Mar both made the championship semifinals. And unranked Jefferson fell to Johnston in the quarterfinals.

“We came really close to both Johnston and Solon,” said J-Hawk Coach Mary Kay Van Oort. “To think we played that well that against such impressive competition that’s here today is a good day. And I know we can play even better.”

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Lions run away with Linn-Mar Invy

The Linn-Mar High School cross country teams dominated their own invitational at Lowe Park in Marion Saturday morning.

The Linn-Mar girls swept the top five spots in their race for a perfect score of 15 points to easily outdistance the six-team field. The Linn-Mar boys nearly duplicated the feat by sweeping the top four spots in their race.

Amber Decker sped to victory over the 4K girls course in 15 minutes, 18 seconds for a 13-second victory over teammate Maddie Saville.

Dalton Gosch claimed top honors in the 5K boys race in 16 minutes, 27 seconds for a 19-second victory over teammate Ryan Murphy.

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