Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No.1 Saints slay No.5 Assumption

DAVENPORT - The top-ranked Xavier Saints collected their first victory as a Class 3A football team Thursday night by pounding No.5 Davenport Assumption, 30-6, in a non-district game at the Brady Street Stadium in Davenport.

Jay Kortemeyer carried the ball 27 times for 184 yards as the Saints (1-1) rolled up 300 yards on the ground. The Xavier defense limited Assumption (0-2) to four first downs and just 107 yards of total offense.

Xavier quarterback Bryce Schulte scored on three short runs of 4, 1 and 4 yards. Dallas Klein kicked three field goals of 22, 24 and 21 yards and also was 3-for-3 on PATs.

Sean Murphy ran six times for 55 yards and Nic Ekland carried the ball six times for 52 yards for Xavier. The Saints ran the ball 60 times and threw it only seven times in the ballgame. Schulte hit 4 of 6 passes for 53 yards and no interceptions.

Xavier hosts No.3 Solon next Friday night.

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Even paces Saints in MVC golf meet

Jordan Even shot a 1-over-par 36 Thursday to help the Xavier Saints win a Mississippi Valley Conference golf meet at St. Andrews.

Ben Greif led Linn-Mar with a 3-over 38 and was the runner-up.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Xavier 154, 2. Linn-Mar 166, 3. Hempstead 191, 4. Waterloo East 237.

XAVIER: Jordan Even 36, Sam Martin 39, Tyler Breitbach 39, Luke Winker 40, Brody Robinson 40, Matt Neumeyer 45, Mitch King 49.

LINN-MAR: Ben Greif 38, Jake Sevcik 40, Owen Vander Velden 43, Trevor McCann 45, Max Thrune 45, Jordan Bohannon 49, Nic Uhlir 51.

Bouchard, Bales nominated for awards

Xavier High School graduates Colleen Bouchard and Charlie Bales are top-30 finalists for national collegiate awards.

Bouchard and Bales played soccer at Xavier and graduated in 2010.

Bouchard is a top-30 finalist from the College of Saint Benedict for the NCAA 2014 Woman of the Year Award.

Bales is a top-30 candidate from Western Illinois University for the Collegiate Men's Soccer Senior Class Award.

Busswitz leads Prairie spikers past Saints

Kate Busswitz had 13 kills and five ace serves to lead Prairie to a 14-25, 25-10, 25-11, 25-22 Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball win over visiting Xavier on Tuesday night.

Megan Spengeler added seven kills for the Hawks. Jenni Lockhart had 13 digs while Mallory Jones and Kendra Gaskill had 18 and 12 assists respectively.

For the Saints, Kayla Torson had 13 digs, nine kills and three blocks. Madsy Richards had 17 digs, eight kills and a pair of blocks.