Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Saints belt Waterloo West in sweep

WATERLOO - The Xavier Saints put on their hitting shoes Thursday and slammed Waterloo West, 16-3 and 12-0 in five innings, in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader in Waterloo.

Adam Pick went 4-for-4 with a home and three RBIs in the opener. Colin O'Connell collected three hits. Bryce Grimm socked a triple and home run.

Grimm had a double, home run and three RBIs in the second game. O'Connell had three more hits, including a double. Zack Robinson went 3-for-4.

Nolan Even tossed a five-hit shutout in Game 2.

Game 1

Xavier          104 311 6 - 16 20 1
Waterloo West   000 210 0 - 3 6 2

W - Drahozal. L - Shepherd.

Game 2

Xavier          308 10 - 12 13 1
Waterloo West   000 00 - 0 5 3

W - Even. L - Evans.

Prairie pops back into softball rankings

Cedar Rapids Prairie returned to the Class 5A softball rankings Thursday in the No. 10 spot, according to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The Hawks were ranked 8th, 9th or 10th in the first four polls this season before dropping out last week.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson dropped two spots to No. 6 in Class 5A. The Xavier Saints remained fifth in the Class 4A rankings.

Johnston is ranked No. 1 in Class 5A and Dallas Center-Grimes is No. 1 in Class 4A.

CLASS 5A

1. Johnston (27-2), 2. Dowling (23-8), 3. West Des Moines Valley (22-8), 4. Southeast Polk (24-9), 5. Muscatine (30-3), 6. Jefferson (28-5), 7. Iowa City West (24-7), 8. Pleasant Valley (21-6), 9. Waukee (19-12), 10. Prairie (23-9).

CLASS 4A

1. Dallas Center-Grimes (30-1), 2. Fort Dodge (27-7), 3. Solon (31-1), 4. Carlisle (26-2), 5. Xavier (25-5), 6. Ballard (23-5), 7. Davenport Assumption (26-9), 8. West Delaware (25-5), 9. Fairfield (23-6), 10. Oskaloosa (26-3), 11. Norwalk (22-10), 12. Keokuk (21-10), 13. Indianola (17-10), 14. Waverly-Shell Rock (26-6), 15. North Scott (16-9).

Saints knock off North Scott

ELDRIDGE - Adam Pick went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs Wednesday night as the Xavier Saints trimmed North Scott, 8-5, in a prep baseball game in Eldridge.

Logan Clarahan had two doubles, three runs and an RBI for the Saints.

Connor Frese picked up the victory in relief of Cal Winker.

Xavier       011 104 1 - 8 6 1
North Scott  021 101 0 - 5 13 1

W - Frese. L - Vaske.

Errors cost Saints against Waterloo East

The Xavier Saints committed four innings in the third inning Tuesday night and lost to Waterloo East, 6-4, in the first game of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Xavier.

Xavier rebounded and took the nightcap, 11-0, in five innings on a three-hit shutout by Ryan Flaherty.

Waterloo East scored all six of its runs in the third inning of the opener on three hits, one walk, one hit batter and those four errors for a 6-0 lead.

The Saints battled back as Adam Pick had three hits, including two doubles, but the rally fell short. Logan Clarahan had two hits in the first game for Xavier.

The Saints scored five runs in the first inning of the nightcap with the help of four walks and a hit batter. Flaherty was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs. Colin O'Connell had two hits and three RBIs.

Game 1

Waterloo East    006 000 0 - 6 3 2
Xavier           000 103 0 - 4 7 4

W - Magnuson. L - Pick.

Game 2

Waterloo East    000 00 - 0 3 1
Xavier           515 0x - 11 5 0

W - Flaherty. L - Snook.