DES MOINES - For nearly 52 minutes, Xavier worked its way to the leading side of a tilted scoreboard.2A's top-seed led by 3 goals to nil and wound up needing all three to beat pesky Dubuque Wahlert, 3-2, Thursday afternoon in a state quarterfinal at ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — If Cedar Rapids Xavier loses one of its next four games, it will be the first girls’ soccer team from the school in eight years to fall short of a state championship. No pressure. “Whether they feel it or not,” coach Bailey Dorrington said, ...

North Linn golf might have been a punchline to some people.Six hard-working athletes are getting the last laugh.The Lynx girl’s golf team, led by unbeaten junior Jessica Franson, earned the program’s first berth to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Class 2A state tournament ...

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 ...