Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Saints take pair from City High

IOWA CITY - The Xavier Saints took both ends of a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Iowa City High Friday night, 5-3 in 10 innings and 6-0, in Iowa City.

Calvin Winker pitched a two-hit shutout and Nolan Arp drove in three runs with a double and single in the second game.

Colin O'Connell snapped a 3-3 tie in the top of the 10th inning of the opener with a sacrifice fly. Nolan Even provided an insurance run with an RBI single and was the winning pitcher.

Game 1

Xavier     000 011 010 2 - 5 10 3

City High  100 100 010 0 - 3 9 3

W - Even. L - Ringen.

Game 2

Xavier     001 032 0 - 6 3 2

City High  000 000 0 - 0 2 1

W - Winker. L - Forrester.

J-Hawks climb to 4th in softball poll

The Jefferson J-Hawks climbed one notch to No. 4 in the Class 5A softball rankings Friday with a 25-4 overall record.

The Xavier Saints stayed No. 5 in the Class 4A poll by the IGHSAU with a 22-2 mark.

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

Cedar Rapids Prairie dropped out of the 5A rankings this week after being in the No. 10 spot.

CLASS 5A

1. Johnston (23-2), 2. West Des Moines Valley (21-5), 3. Dowling Catholic (17-8), 4. Jefferson (25-4), 5. Southeast Polk (20-9), 6. Muscatine (24-3), 7. Waukee (17-10), 8. Ankeny (17-11), 9. Pleasant Valley (19-4), 10. Iowa City West (22-7).

CLASS 4A

1. Dallas Center-Grimes (24-1), 2. Carlisle (20-1), 3. Fort Dodge (26-1), 4. Solon (26-1), 5. Xavier (22-2), 6. Davenport Assumption (22-7), 7. Fairfield (18-4), 8. Oskaloosa (24-2), 9. West Delaware (25-5), 10. Ballard (19-5), 11. Norwalk (19-9), 12. Indianola (13-8), 13. Keokuk (17-8), 14. Waverly-Shell Rock (22-4), 15. Creston (16-7).

Drahozal, Oldridge toss shutouts for Saints

Erin Drahozal and Kylie Oldridge sparkled for Xavier again Thursday night as the Class 4A fifth-ranked Saints swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Dubuque Senior without surrendering a single run.

Drahozal tossed a four-hit shutout in a 2-0 victory in the opener. Jamie Feltes delivered a two-run hit in the sixth inning to snap a scoreless game.

Oldridge pitched a one-hit shutout with seven strikeouts as the Saints grabbed the nightcap, 8-0. Allison Schwach was 2-for-3 and scored three runs.

Drahozal, Oldridge toss shutouts for Saints

Erin Drahozal and Kylie Oldridge sparkled for Xavier again Thursday night as the Class 4A fifth-ranked Saints swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Dubuque Senior without surrendering a single run.

Drahozal tossed a four-hit shutout in a 2-0 victory in the opener. Jamie Feltes delivered a two-run hit in the sixth inning to snap a scoreless game.

Oldridge pitched a one-hit shutout with seven strikeouts as the Saints grabbed the nightcap, 8-0. Allison Schwach was 2-for-3 and scored three runs.