Cedar Rapids Xavier junior Matt Nelson picked up a football scholarship offer from Notre Dame during a visit to the South Bend, Ind., campus Wednesday, according to multiple recruiting sites.The 6-foot-8 "athlete" is being looked at as a possible tight end, defensive end or offensive ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Matt Nelson spent spring break recently in Sarasota, Fla., soaking up the sun and making a final decision about his future.It'll officially be college football the Cedar Rapids Xavier junior will pursue, not college basketball."About the last week or so, I made ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Matt Nelson showed last night exactly why he holds several Division I college offers in basketball. But it sounds more and more like it'll be college football that he'll wind up playing."You only get a certain amount of time to play football ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Paul Rhoads came to visit him in school Friday. So did Kirk Ferentz.He has recent letters from Nick Saban and Chip Kelly at home. It seems suddenly everyone in college football circles knows who he is.Cedar Rapids Xavier junior Matt Nelson is ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Ryan Luehrsmann seemed to shake hands with everyone pregame as he walked onto the Ron Thillen Gymnasium court Monday night.There was the official scorer, the two home radio guys, a few fans who meandered their way down to the floor from the ...

DES MOINES -- Duane Schulte had his right hip replaced Monday, and won't be back to school for about a month.He'll have time to reflect on a remarkable season, and on the players that made it happen.Seven of those players were honored as all-staters by ...

CEDAR FALLS -- That wasn't a monkey the Xavier Saints got off their backs Friday night.It was a Tiger. And a lot of history.Cedar Rapids Xavier solved Cedar Falls in the regular season for the first time in school history, outmuscling the fifth-rated Tigers, 24-7, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — What did we learn from Week 3 of the prep football season? Among other things, the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints are good.Really, really good. Definitely the best team in the Metro.“I don’t know what it looks like, to be honest with you,” ...

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