Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Xavier High School

Prep softball 2023: 17 area players to watch for this season.

Sure, the Cedar Rapids Xavier boys’ shuttle hurdle relay team would have preferred a different path to victory. But, as Grayson Hartman said, “That’s the way track goes.”

Class 3A No. 3 Cedar Rapids Xavier scored four runs in its opening at-bat for a 6-3 win over No. 2 Marion Thursday night at Marion. Preston Lang had two doubles and three RBIs, while Carson and Cooper Schenck combined for a strong outing on the mound.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Mehar and Meera Julka finished first and second, respectively, and the Saints march on to state golf for the first time since 2019. Mehar fired a 71 for medalist honors. Meera was runner-up with 76 Wednesday at Twin Pines.

Twin Pines Golf Course hosted the final MVC Mississippi Division meet of the 2023 girls’ golf season on Monday.

The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association released its preseason rankings. Monday marks the first day of official competition. West Des Moines Dowling (4A), Western Dubuque (3A), Van Meter (2A) and Remsen St. Mary’s (1A) open the season top-ranked.

Here are Gazette area players to watch as the 2023 Iowa high school baseball season starts Monday. Thirteen all-state performers highlight the list of returners.

A look at how former Eastern Iowa high school and University of Iowa baseball players are faring in affiliated professional baseball in mid-May

Even with the departure of state singles and doubles champions, the Cedar Rapids Xavier girls’ tennis team hasn’t dropped off in 2023.

Here are the 2023 Iowa high school girls’ team tennis regional brackets.

Five Gazette area boys’ tennis teams have been awarded No. 1 seeds for the substate tournament.

Photos from a girls’ tennis showdown between Xavier and Iowa City West at Coe College.

Photos from the Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ golf Super Meet at Airport National.

Prep softball: Williamsburg is No. 1 in The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten.

Drake Relays, Friday boys: Cedar Rapids Washington’s Miles Thompson and Michael Blank sprinted to a 1-2 sweep in the 100.