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Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Pirates make Keller a happy guy

Fri - 06 Jun Written by Jim Ecker

Mitch Keller plans to play for the Xavier Saints in their doubleheader at Cedar Rapids Prairie Friday night, but he probably won't be around much longer.

The Pirates selected the 6-foot-3 right-hander from Xavier High School Thursday night in the second round of the Major League Draft with the 64th pick overall.

Keller said Friday morning he's interested in signing with Pittsburgh, rather than attending the University of North Carolina, but said no final decisions have been made.

The signing bonus for the 64th pick is slotted at $886,800, although final terms can be negotiated. The contract would include money for college, should he elect to attend school at some point.

Keller said he barely got any sleep Thursday night after hearing his name called in the draft while watching on MLB.com. It took nearly five hours, but he finally got the news he wanted.

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Last Updated on Friday, 06 June 2014 09:53

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Claire Wenisch wins Adenhart Scholarship

Fri - 06 Jun Written by Metro Sports Report

The Cedar Rapids Kernels and the Kernels Foundation have selected Xavier High School senior Claire Wenisch as the winner of the 2014 Nick Adenhart Memorial Scholarship.

She will be honored before the Kernels' game June 15 against Burlington.

Wenish, who just graduated from Xavier, was selected for the scholarship based on her school activities, academic accomplishments and accomplishments in track and swimming. She plans on attending the University of Northern Iowa to major in accounting.

Nick Adenhart was a bright young pitcher who played for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2006 and was a rising star in the Los Angeles Angels organization. Only hours after his 2009 season debut for the Angels, a drunk driver tragically killed him on April 9, 2009 at age 22.

Adenhart's family continues to honor him with the $1,000 annual scholarship in his memory.

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No. 7 Saints sweep Hempstead

Fri - 06 Jun Written by Metro Sports Report

DUBUQUE - Erin Drahozal and Kylie Oldridge pitched strong games Thursday as the seventh-ranked Xavier Saints swept a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader from Dubuque Hempstead in Dubuque.

Drahozal tossed a three-hit shutout with seven strikeouts as Xavier captured the first game, 8-0.

Oldridge pitched a complete game in the nightcap with three strikouts in a 5-2 victory as the Saints raised their record to 6-0.

Kailee Becker went 3-for-3 with two doubles in the first game. Morgan Breitbach hit a home run.

Breitbach socked another homer in the second game. Freshman Cassie Himmelsbach hit her first career home run for Xavier.

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Jasper, Pedersen advance to state semifinals

Thu - 05 Jun Written by Metro Sports Report

Xavier's Allison Jasper and Prairie's Jessica Pedersen advanced to the state tennis singles semifinals on Thursday as did the Washington doubles team of Vale and Magui Caro.

Jasper, playing in the 1A tournament at the University of Iowa, defeated Emily Jurgensen of Ballard, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round and downed Emily Ahlers of LeMars, 6-4, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. She will meet defending state champion Haley Resnick of Davenport Assumption in Friday's semifinals.

Xavier's Kylie DeWees won her first set against Boone's Emma Rose before she was forced to retire from the tournament due to injury.

In Class 2A at Ames, Pedersen will meet West Des Moines Valley's Chloe Jefferies in the semifinals. Pedersen downed Sioux City North's Becca Aleynik, 6-4, 6-4 followed by a 6-1, 6-4 win over Kayla Kuethe of Waukee, 6-1, 6-4

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Saints clip No. 1 seed Heelan in OT

Thu - 05 Jun Written by Jim Ecker

DES MOINES - Jeremy Jacoby was the most relieved member of the Xavier soccer team at the Class 2A state tournament Thursday afternoon at Cownie Park in Des Moines.

Jacoby accidentally scored a goal for Sioux City Heelan to help the Crusaders stay in the match, so he was breathing a lot easier after the Saints trimmed Heelan, 3-2, in overtime on a goal by Jerry Duball.

Jacoby tried to clear the ball from the Xavier goal mouth in the second half with a header, but he inadvertently steered the ball into his own goal to let Heelan tie the game, 1-1.

"It was terrible, but it happens," said Jacoby. "But we got the win and can breathe another day."

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Last Updated on Thursday, 05 June 2014 17:52

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