Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Saints sweep to finish MVC at .500

The Xavier Saints took both ends of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Dubuque Wahlert, 8-1 and 1-0 in nine innings, Friday at Ken Charipar Field.

The sweep lifted Xavier to 20-17 overall and 13-13 in the league.

Ryan Flaherty tossed a gem for the Saints in the nightcap. He pitched all nine innings and finished with a five-hit shutout in the 1-0 victory.

Nolan Arp led off the ninth inning with a double and scored when Wahlert threw the ball away on a bunt by Bryce Grimm. Hunter Baldus, Colin O'Connell and Logan Clarahan had two hits for the Saints in the second game.

Nolan Even pitched a strong game for Xavier in the first contest. He tossed a complete game and allowed seven hits and one run.

Clarahan had three hits with a triple and four RBIs for the Saints in the opener. Zach Robinson and Nolan Arp had two hits.

Game 1

Wahlert   100 000 0 - 1 7 1
Xavier    070 001 x - 8 13 0

W - Even. L - Lange.

Game 2

Wahlert   000 000 000 - 0 5 1
Xavier    000 000 001 - 1 8 3

W - Flaherty. L - Lange.

Saints clipped by Dowling, 8-4

WEST DES MOINES - The Xavier Saints saw their record fall to 18-17 Thursday night with an 8-4 loss at seventh-ranked Dowling Catholic.

Adam Pick had two hits for Xavier with a double and two RBIs.

Xavier     021 010 0 - 4 5 5

Dowling    110 231 x - 8 12 0

W - Campero. L - Winker.

Xavier girls sweep Waterloo West

WATERLOO - The Waterloo West softball team put runners on base but couldn’t get them home to open Wednesday’s doubleheader against Cedar Rapids Xavier, then couldn’t keep the Saints off the bases in the nightcap.

Xavier won the first game, 2-0, then went off for a 15-2 victory in five innings in the second contest.

The Wahawks (24-16) outhit the Class 4A fifth-ranked Saints (33-6) in the opener, but stranded seven baserunners. Jaclyn Spencer was the tough-luck loser in the pitcher’s circle and her 2-for-3 performance that included a double wasn’t enough for the offense.

In game two, Kourtney Medina roped a double and Anna Doering came up with a triple to lead the Wahawks.

Game 1

Xavier          100 001 0 - 2 4 0
Waterloo West   000 000 0 - 0 6 1

W - Drahozal. L - Spencer.

Game 2

Xavier          404 25 - 15 10 0
Waterloo West   100 01 - 2 5 5

W - Drahozal. L - Gray.

Saints tumble at Bettendorf, 9-5

BETTENDORF - The Xavier Saints scored four runs in the seventh inning Wednesday night, but it wasn't nearly enough to avoid a 9-5 loss at Bettendorf.

The Saints hurt themselves with five errors in the ballgame.

Zach Robinson had two hits for Xavier.

Xavier's record fell to 18-16 for the season.

Xavier      000 001 4 - 5 5 5
Bettendorf  400 203 x - 9 7 2

W - Albert. L - Drahozal.