Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Kamin, Bertsch, Winter top all-Metro golf

MJ Kamin of Washington, Maddie Bertsch of Xavier and Grace Winker of Xavier are unanimous selections on the 2014 All-Metro girls golf team.

Emily Machula of Prairie, Teresa Lopez Moreno of Linn-Mar and Lauren Coughlin of Linn-Mar also were first-team selections.

Bertsch and Winker led Xavier to the Class 4A state title this season. Bertsch was the state medalist and Winker the runner-up.

Kamin placed second at the Class 5A state meet.

Julie Kadlec of Xavier and Bill Hoefle of Linn-Mar were the Co-Coaches of the Year.

FIRST TEAM

MJ Kamin (Washington), Maddie Bertsch (Xavier), Grace Winker (Xavier), Emily Machula (Prairie, Teresa Lopez Moreno (Linn-Mar), Lauren Coughlin (Linn-Mar).

SECOND TEAM

Sierra Hargens (Kennedy), Emily Perrin (Prairie), Katie Harding (Linn-Mar), Ashley Ohl (Marion), Catie Locher (Xavier), Kara Zwanziger (Xavier).

HONORABLE MENTION

KENNEDY: Raemi Chavez, Breanna Osterkamp
WASHINGTON: Kandis O'Donnell, Mady Goodwin
JEFFERSON: Cassidy Simpson, Regan Krekoff
XAVIER: Amy Olberding, Melanie Wertzberger
LINN-MAR: Amanda Shannon, Jordan Postma
PRAIRIE: Kennedy Fisher, Sydney Stolba
MARION: Anna Martinson, Taylor Wade

Drahozal helps Saints sweep J-Hawks

In a doubleheader duel between ace pitchers, Xavier’s tough-as-nails Erin Drahozal came out on top twice Tuesday night on the Saints’ home diamond.

Drahozal picked up a pair of wins while Jefferson’s Alyssa Olson lost her first two of the year as Xavier came from behind to sweep the Class 5A third-ranked and previously unbeaten J-Hawks.

The Saints took the opener, 2-1, with both runs coming in the sixth inning.

And after spotting Jefferson a 4-0 lead in the nightcap, the Class 4A sixth-ranked Saints rallied back to win, 6-5, in eight innings.

Jefferson Coach Brian Erbe calls rise-ball specialist Olson “the best pitcher in the state.”

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Pick helps Saints 'slam' Benton

Adam Pick belted a grand slam Tuesday night as ninth-ranked Xavier defeated Benton Community, 7-1, at Ken Charipar Field.

Hunter Baldus hit a two-run triple and Nick Drahozal went 2-for-3 for the Saints.

Cal Winker and Connor Frese split the pitching for Xavier and allowed only two hits. Winker got the win.

Benton    100 000 0 - 1 2 2
Xavier      241 000 x - 7 7 2

Gessner and Jameson. Winker, Frese (5) and Clarahan. W - Winker. L - Gessner.

Keller signing with Pirates on Friday

Mitch Keller turned 18 years old in April and his life has been a blur ever since with high school graduation, the Major League draft and some awfully big decisions to make.

And now in less than two weeks, he'll be wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform and pitching in the Gulf Coast League in Florida.

Keller plans to fly to Pittsburgh on Thursday, sign his first professional contract on Friday and fly to Florida on Saturday.

The 2014 Gulf Coast League season begins June 20 and the GCL Pirates will be facing the Yankees to get things started.

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