Xavier Softball

Xavier softball team pounds City High

The Xavier softball team rolled to a pair of victories over Iowa City High in a Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader at Xavier Thursday, 13-1 in four innings and 14-4.

Hannah Helms went 3-for-4 and scored two runs in the 13-1 victory. Maddie Morgan was 2-for-3. Morgan Breitbach had two RBIs. Erin Drahozal got the win with seven strikeouts.

Keera Ball went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs in the 14-4 verdict. Jenna Schwach, Jamie Feltes and Drahozal had two hits. Kylie Oldridge was the winning pitcher.

The Saints squared their record at 4-4.

J-Hawks, Saints split twinbill

Jefferson saw a glimpse of the future in Game 1. Xavier saw some veterans come up big in the nightcap.

And when it was over, both teams walked away with impressive victories.

In the opener, Jefferson got home runs from freshman Liv Erickson and eighth-grader Lindsey Culver to key a five-run fourth inning that resulted in a 5-2 victory.

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No. 5 Xavier girls boot PCM

Ingrid Husby fired in three goals Tuesday as the fifth-ranked Xavier Saints rolled by PCM, 10-0, in the semifinals of the Class 2A regional soccer tournament at Heco Field.

Xavier (8-7) will host Independence in the regional finals Monday.

Katie Ives and Sydney Wright scored twice for the Saints. Lizzy Bailey, McKenna Lloyd and Elena Minor also found the net.

J-Hawks 3rd, Saints 11th in softball poll

The Cedar Rapids Jefferson softball team is ranked third in Class 5A in the first rankings of the season by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

The Xavier Saints are ranked 11th in Class 4A.

The top-ranked teams are Johnston in 5A, Fort Dodge in 4A, Solon in 3A, Alburnett in 2A and Woodbury Central in 1A.

RANKINGS

(2014 records in parenthesis)

CLASS 5A

1. Johnston (37-3), 2. Waukee (25-19), 3. Jefferson (35-8), 4. Dowling (30-9), 5. West Des Moines Valley (27-14), 6. Iowa City West (29-10), 7. Pleasant Valley (31-10), 8. Southeast Polk (30-10), 9. Ottumwa (27-12), 10. Council Bluffs Lincoln (24-6).

CLASS 4A

1. Fort Dodge (33-8), 2. Norwalk (28-14), 3. Le Mars (22-18), 4. Carlisle (35-3), 5. Indianola (24-12), 6. Oskaloosa (31-10), 7. Dallas Center-Grimes (41-1), 8. ADM (25-11), 9. Winterset (19-16), 10. Clear Creek Amana (22-10), 11. Xavier (33-7), 12. Waverly-Shell Rock (31-9), 13. West Delaware (31-9), 14. Keokuk (23-14), 15. Fairfield (30-7).

CLASS 3A

1. Solon (39-3), 2. Center Point-Urbana (29-11), 3. Benton (37-5), 4. East Marshall (33-5), 5. Greene County (29-8), 6. Mid-Prairie (27-11), 7. Spirit Lake (24-10), 8. West Burlington/Notre Dame (23-15), 9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (21-9), 10. Mount Vernon (29-10), 11. PCM (22-7), 12. Clarke (24-8), 13. Bondurant-Farrar (22-14), 14. Sioux Center (26-4), 15. Waterloo Columbus (33-7).

CLASS 2A

1. Alburnett (28-13), 2. Highland (32-3), 3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (30-7), 4. St. Ansgar (19-11), 5. Emmetsburg (19-12), 6. Iowa City Regina (21-18), 7. Woodward-Granger (23-11), 8. Earlham (31-4), 9. Eddyville (26-6), 10. BCLUW (24-10), 11. Sumner-Fredericksburg (23-15), 12. Denver (25-9), 13. Durant (27-11), 14. IKM-Manning (24-5), 15. Cascade (18-15).

CLASS 1A

1. Woodbury Central (30-6), 2. Akron-Westfield (38-0), 3. Lansing (34-10), 4. AGWSR (29-7), 5. Martensdale-St. Mary's (26-6), 6. Marquette Catholic (35-8), 7. North Butler (19-10), 8. Lynnville-Sully (36-2), 9. Don Bosco (20-15), 10. Exira-EHK (24-2), 11. Remsen St. Mary's (22-11), 12. New London (25-5), 13. Glidden-Ralston (14-14), 14. Logan-Magnolia (21-7), 15. Newell-Fonda (23-14).