Metro Sports Report

Armstrong's 14 lead Saints past J-Hawks

The Xavier girls basketball team didn't get caught looking ahead to the postseason when they met Jefferson Tuesday night at Jefferson.

Kayla Armstrong scored 14 points and Ashley Stulken added 10 as the Class 4A No.4 Saints beat the J-Hawks, 64-54.

Xavier (12-8) won the first meeting between the schools, 53-47, back in December. This game did not count in the conference standings, but still gave the Saints a sweep of the season series.

Schulte will join UNI football program

Xavier High School quarterback Reggie Schulte has accepted an invitation to join the University of Northern Iowa football team as a preferred walk-on.

Schulte helped the Saints compile a 13-1 record and reach the championship game of the Class 4A playoffs this fall. He was named all-state by the Iowa Newspaper Association, the Des Moines Register and IowaPreps.com and has been selected for the 2013 Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star game.

Schulte passed for 2,501 yards and 37 touchdowns with only eight interceptions this past season and broke numerous school records.

Three other members of the Xavier football team have committed to college programs as well.

Huskies hope bumpy road ends in DM

Somebody should write a movie about the Cedar Valley Christian boys basketball team, especially if the story has a surprise and happy ending for the Huskies this year.

SCENE I: Only six boys report for practice in November, so the principal and coach (played by the same guy) scours the hallways for help.

SCENE II: The Huskies lose four consecutive games in December by 28, 27, 41 and 27 points, but a key player joins the team after recovering from a knee injury and helps turn things around. Now there are 12 guys on the squad.

Kennedy, Wash boys will clash in substate

Kennedy and Washington will bump heads in a regular-season boys basketball game Tuesday night at Washington, but it will only be the appetizer.

The real course will be served on Feb. 18 when the Cougars and Warriors collide in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A substate tournament at Kennedy.

The IHSAA announced all the pairings for the Class 3A and Class 4A playoffs on Monday.