Xavier Boys Soccer

No. 4 Xavier boys blank Waterloo West

Thomas Bean collected two goals and an assist Tuesday as the Class 2A fourth-ranked Xavier Saints blanked Waterloo West, 5-0, in the first game of the soccer campaign at Xavier.

Jon Jacobi, Will Hanigan and Brian Lang also scored for the Saints in the Mississippi Valley Conference match.

Luke Duball had two assists for Xavier. Nick Koechner and Hanigan also picked up assists.

Owen McCarron and Nolan Dostal shared time in goal for the shutout.

Karpick wins MVC division golf title

IOWA CITY - Brad Karpick of Xavier fired his third straight round in the 70's on Monday and captured Player of the Year honors in the Mississippi Division golf meet at Finkbine.

Karpick shot rounds of 78, 78 and 79 for a 54-hole total of 235. He edged Drew Brandel of Linn-Mar by one shot.

Linn-Mar won the Mississippi team championship. Xavier was second.

Ryan Keating of Xavier placed ninth with a 54-hole score of 248. Nick Recker of Xavier was 10th at 249 and Tyler Breitbach of Xavier was 11th at 251. Keating, Recker and Breitbach made second team all-conference.

54-HOLE STANDINGS

1.  Linn-Mar 956, 2. Xavier 978, 3. Wahlert 1016, 4. Iowa City West 1036, 5. Jefferson 1128, 6. Waterloo West 1135, 7. Waterloo East 1501.

Lions, Saints share Metro Spotlight Award

The Metro Sports Report has never given a Metro Spotlight Award to two teams at the same time, but now it's time for an exception.

The Linn-Mar Lions and Xavier Saints are the joint winners of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week after both clubs won championships at the boys state soccer tournament in Des Moines Saturday.

Both teams enjoyed impressive runs in the three-day tournament to claim the top prizes at the Cownie Soccer Park.

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Lions, Saints brought honor to Metro soccer

I'm starting to become a soccer fan.

There, I said it.

This might surprise a few of you, who have known me to be strongly anti-soccer for quite some time, but I challenge anyone to watch three straight days of the boys state soccer tournament and not gain an appreciation for the skill, determination and courage on display.

The Linn-Mar Lions won the Class 3A title for the first crown in school history with victories over the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the team.

The Xavier Saints captured the Class 2A crown for their seventh title in school history with victories over three ranked teams, including top-ranked Norwalk, and won the last two games in the semifinals and finals in dramatic overtime.

Both teams brought honor to their schools, themselves and the Metro area for giving us two state champions in one year. Dyersville Beckman took the Class 1A title.

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