DAVENPORT - The top-ranked Xavier Saints collected their first victory as a Class 3A football team Thursday night by pounding No.5 Davenport Assumption, 30-6, in a non-district game at the Brady Street Stadium in Davenport.

Jay Kortemeyer carried the ball 27 times for 184 yards as the Saints (1-1) rolled up 300 yards on the ground. The Xavier defense limited Assumption (0-2) to four first downs and just 107 yards of total offense.

Xavier quarterback Bryce Schulte scored on three short runs of 4, 1 and 4 yards. Dallas Klein kicked three field goals of 22, 24 and 21 yards and also was 3-for-3 on PATs.

Sean Murphy ran six times for 55 yards and Nic Ekland carried the ball six times for 52 yards for Xavier. The Saints ran the ball 60 times and threw it only seven times in the ballgame. Schulte hit 4 of 6 passes for 53 yards and no interceptions.

Xavier hosts No.3 Solon next Friday night.

Xavier 30, Davenport Assumption 6

Xavier           DavAss

First downs           17            4
Rushes-yards     60-300     24-37
Passing yards        53          70
Comp-Att-Int       4-7-0     3-11-3
Fumbles-lost         3-1         3-1
Punts-avg.          2-17.0    3-37.5
Penalties-yards     5-50       6-36

Xavier       3  0  17  10 - 30
Assumption   0  0   0   6 -  6

Scoring plays

X - Dallas Klein 22 FG
X - Bryce Schulte 4 run (Klein kick)
X - Schulte 1 run (Klein kick)
X - Klein 24 FG
X - Klein 21 FG
A - Roman Youngblut 15 pass from Nate Wolf (pass failed)
X - Schulte 4 run (Klein kick)

Individual Statistics

Rushing

Xavier - Jay Kortemeyer 27-184, Nic Ekland 6-52, Sean Murphy 6-55, Ryan Williams 3-9, Bryce Schulte 15-3, Andrew Steffensmeier 2-0, Team 1-minus 3.

Assumption - Ben Beck 3-19, Patrick Schwartzhoff 3-10, Elijah Williams 4-6, Will Ontiveros 4-5, Joe Morgan 2-3, Chris Bridges 2-1, Cormic McNamara 1-1, Ray Milam 4-minus 2, Nate Wolfe 1-minus 6.

Passing

Xavier - Schulte 4-6-0, 53; Sam Tursi 0-1-0, 0. 
Assumption - Wolfe 2-4-0, 55; Milam 1-5-2, 15; Bridges 0-2-1, 0.

Receiving

Xavier - Noah Clasen 2-45, Murphy 1-9, Matt Hovda 1-minus 1.
Assumption - Youngblut 2-55, Hunter Grenier 1-15.

Statistics courtesy of Quad City Times