Mike Condon

Instead of doubling in tennis and golf, the Warrior senior is playing tennis in new season and swimming

Xavier started fast. After stopping the Bobcats on their first drive, the Saints needed just eight plays to score but could never quite put away visiting Western Dubuque.

Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks and the Linn-Mar Lions endured a two-hour weather delay on Friday night at Linn-Mar Stadium. Once things got started, Coach Kyle Knock's Hawks struggled early, turning the ball over twice.

With the anticipated completion of the Prairie Summit YMCA pool in the spring of next year, all signs are pointing to Cedar Rapids Prairie having its own swim teams for both girls and boys, beginning with the 2026-27 school year.

Coming off a 6-4 campaign in 2024 that ended with a first-round playoff loss to Don Bosco, the 2025 edition of the Orioles has the potential to match or even surpass the 11-1 finish posted by the 2013 team.

Cedar Rapids Xavier are looking to repeat their Class 1A title from the spring and a look at individual players from the Gazette-area to keep an eye out for.

After being part of the spring season since the sport's inception in 1956, tennis has been moved to the fall and practices began on Monday. Here is a preview of the upcoming season and the thoughts of changing from spring to fall.

Gabi Fleming takes down Heather Fleming in tie-breaker in women’s final; Anthony Schulte beats his brother in men’s final

Home-runs by Koranda and Barnes in the fifth inning helped propel Linn-Mar to a 8-2 victory over Iowa City Liberty to win the regional final.

Linn-Mar defeated Class 3A No. 3 Mount Vernon in Friday's quarterfinal round, then blanked Class 4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 7-0, in the Linn-Mar/Alburnett Softball Invitational semifinal played on Saturday.

The culture that is tennis at Cedar Rapids Xavier was on display Tuesday in Waterloo the Saints were looking to make one final piece of history.

With his Xavier boys’ tennis team tied at 3-3 after singles against Dubuque Wahlert in the Class 1A team championship match, Potts, who is retiring after 12 seasons leading the program, got his group together for one final time as the Saints coach.

Saints secure trifecta with team title after winning singles and doubles crowns last weekend; avenge last year’s loss to Pella

Led by state singles and doubles champions, Saints face Carroll Kuemper in first round of state team tournament in Pella

For the past 12 seasons, he has led the highly successful boys’ tennis program at Xavier. During that span, the Saints have won five state championships.