Xavier High School - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Schemmel helps Saints top Clinton

Eric Schemmel made his first start on the mound a good one for the Xavier Saints Wednesday night.

Schemmel allowed only four hits in six innings as the Saints topped Clinton, 5-2, in a non-conference ballgame at Ken Charipar Field.

The Saints (13-9) scored three runs in the first inning and two more in the third. Schemmel made them stand up, with relief from Mitch Keller in the final frame.

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Drahozal hits timely homer for Saints

Xavier slugger Erin Drahozal picked the right game to come out of her batting slump Tuesday night.

Pitching the nightcap of a home twinbill against Kennedy, the power-packed freshman was nursing a 3-2 lead going into the bottom of the fourth. Leading off the Saints’ half of the inning, she promptly blasted a solo rocket high off the scoreboard beyond left-center for her first home run of the year.

Xavier scored two more runs in the fourth to add to the cushion, winning 6-3 to complete a doubleheader sweep of the Cougars.

Behind a solid performance by mound ace Jacey Wiebold, the Saints won the opener 8-2.

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Ratz helps Saints split with City High

IOWA CITY - Iowa City High did almost everything right Monday evening. They came up with big hits, had solid pitching and made plays on defense.

But all of that went down the drain with one costly mistake: They made Jordan Ratz a little angry.

City High intentionally walked Xavier’s Zach Brown in order to face Ratz in the top of the seventh inning with the Saints trailing by on run in the second game of their Mississippi Valley Conference doubleheader.

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Xavier drops a pair to Iowa City West

The effort was there, if not the results.

Xavier staged a pair of late-inning rallies that came up short and the Saints dropped both ends of a baseball doubleheader to Iowa City West, 5-4 and 9-7, on Ken Charipar Memorial Night on Friday at Xavier.

Down 5-0 after four innings in the opener, Xavier scored three runs in the fifth led by an RBI double by Mitch Keller, and a run-producing single by Mitch St. Andrews.  Bryce Grimm scored in the seventh to pull the Saints within a run, but Corbin Woods was thrown out at the plate by West center fielder Ezra Reiners to end the game.

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