Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Max Duggan’s Lewis Central team in a 2018 Iowa high school state football playoff semifinal. Now they’re rooting for the TCU quarterback vs. Georgia.
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Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Max Duggan’s Lewis Central team in a 2018 Iowa high school state football playoff semifinal. Now they’re rooting for the TCU quarterback vs. Georgia.
Class 3A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier kept its record perfect Friday night, when Aidan Yamilkoski hit a 15-foot jumper at the buzzer to give the Saints a 64-62 win at Class 4A 10th-ranked Iowa City West.
Photos from the high school boys’ basketball showdown between Iowa City West and Cedar Rapids Xavier.
3A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat Iowa City Liberty 59-50 in an Iowa high school boys’ basketball game.
4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat 5A No. 12 Iowa City Liberty 67-43 in an Iowa high school girls’ basketball game.
Girls’ basketball: Class 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier is remarkably crisp (only five turnovers) in a 67-43 back-from-break victory over Iowa City Liberty.
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s boys’ basketball team ran its record to 7-0 with a 55-43 win Tuesday night at Cedar Rapids Washington. The Saints will take a No. 1 ranking into the holiday break, that in Class 3A.
North Linn senior Cael Bridgewater wants to score lots of points and make his final season fun. He captured the 138-pound title at the Lynx Invitational Saturday, scoring 58 total match points in three technical falls. Benton edged Cedar Rapids Xavier in the team race.
Linn-Mar’s girls’ basketball team held Cedar Rapids Xavier to four points in the third quarter to build a double-digit lead it used to pick up a 57-45 win Friday night. Linn-Mar is ranked 15th in Class 5A, Xavier No. 1 in 4A.
Girls’ basketball: Aaliyah Beier’s early shooting barrage stakes 4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier to an 18-point lead, then a late (and correct) shot-clock call clinches the Saints’ 56-50 win over Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
Live updates Wednesday from semifinals at the 2025 state volleyball tournament at Xtream Arena, Coralville.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association football playoffs have reached the state quarterfinals. Teams across the state in all classes will compete for a chance to play at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls next week.
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