CEDAR RAPIDS - It was pouring at Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Heco Field on Saturday. Sure, the rain was falling hard and fast, but so were the goals from Saints attackers looking to shoot their team to the boys’ state soccer tournament.And advance they did, shooting ...

MARION — This was the exclamation point. Rather the final exclamation point in a tournament full of them for the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints. "This was definitely not a shock to anyone on our team," said Xavier’s Adam Pick, after an 11-1, six-inning romp past Cedar ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids Xavier entered the boys’ soccer postseason with only one focus: making it to Des Moines for the state tournament.The Class 2A No. 2 Saints (10-5) moved one step closer with a convincing 4-0 victory Wedneday night over Mount Vernon (8-9) ...

The championship and third-place games of the Bob Vrbicek Metro Tournament at Veterans Memorial Stadium have been postponed until Thursday night because of wet weather.Cedar Rapids Washington and Cedar Rapids Xavier will play for the title at approximately 7 at Linn-Mar now. The third-place game ...

Mid-Prairie is the top-ranked softball team in Class 3A in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union preseason rankings, released Wednesday.The Golden Hawks were 31-13 last season and finished sixth in the 3A state tournament. They return seven starters from that team, including pitcher Olivia ...

MARION - Sometimes the unexpected pays off big.Cedar Rapids Xavier baseball coach Dave Schemmel may be inclined to believe that after watching senior pitcher Zach Brown throw a no-hitter in a 4-0 victory over Linn-Mar Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Bob Vrbicek Metro ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The Xavier Saints have some new muscles. Some new power.Cedar Rapids Xavier banged out 25 hits -- including three home runs -- and swept Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 6-1 and 11-2, in a Mississippi Valley Conference softball double-header Tuesday night at Kennedy High ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Kayla Armstrong led the scoring and Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Waterloo East 17-1 on Tuesday at Heco Field.The Saints finish the regular season 14-1 and with eight straight victories. Xavier will host the regional tournament and plays either Independence or East Marshall/South ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Brian Erbe sported a blue windbreaker at a preseason softball practice. And a broad smile.He's home."To be the head coach at the place I went to school ... it's an awesome feeling," said Erbe, the new head coach at Cedar Rapids Jefferson."I had ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Ali Lindo combines a fun-loving attitude with the love of golf.The combination has produced a successful prep career at Cedar Rapids Kennedy.Before she graduates and continues her golf career at Catawba (N.C.) College, Lindo will try to shares some more laughs and ...