Class 4A No. 5 Cedar Rapids Xavier beat No. 3 Western Dubuque 22-20 in an Iowa high school football game at Saints Field in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.

Xavier's Ronan Thomas (10) carries the ball in the first quarter against Western Dubuque at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Payton Putz (34) and Western Dubuque's Grant Glausser (41) tackles Xavier's Ronan Thomas (10) as he gets the ball close to the end zone in the third quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Tanner Anderson (7) hands the ball off to Western Dubuque's Grant Glausser (41) in the second quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Carter Hoffmann (28) carries the ball in the first quarter against Western Dubuque at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Bryce Kramer (85) reacts after sacking Western Dubuque's Tanner Anderson (7) in the fourth quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Tanner Anderson (7) goes to throw a deep pass in the fourth quarter against Xavier at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Noah Jordebrek (65) and Xavier's Noah Jordebrek (65) run through a drill before the game against Western Dubuque at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Brandon Decker (5) pulls down Xavier's Noah Schimberg (22) as he carries the ball in the second quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Colin McDermott (13) catches the pass with pressure from Xavier's Ronan Thomas (10) in the first quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Joseph Casey (11) takes down Western Dubuque's Payton Putz (34) as he carries the ball in the first quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Brock Carpenter (1) reaches out to take down Xavier's Colin Stoltenberg (20) as he carries the ball in the second quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Jack Stevenson (35) runs to take down Western Dubuque's Brock Carpenter (1) as he carries the ball in the first quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Clayten Lindecker (8) sacks Xavier's Ronan Thomas (10) for a loss of 19 yards in the second quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Coleton Beasler-Weber (1) takes down Western Dubuque's Grant Glausser (41) in the first quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Grant Helmle (44) pulls down Western Dubuque's Grant Glausser (41) as he carries the ball in the fourth quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Aidan Kinner (52) tackles Western Dubuque's Grant Glausser (41) as he carries the ball in the fourth quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Coleton Beasler-Weber (1) catches the pass with pressure from Western Dubuque's Leo Clemens (14) in the fourth quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Payton Putz (34) drives the ball into the end zone for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against Xavier at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Tanner Anderson (7) stiff arms Xavier's Bryce Kramer (85) as he reaches out to stop him in the fourth quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Derek Hoerner (31) reaches out to take down Xavier's Ronan Thomas (10) as he carries the ball in the third quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Aidan Kinner (52) pulls down Western Dubuque's Grant Glausser (41) as he carries the ball in the third quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Ronan Thomas (10) carries the ball in the third quarter against Western Dubuque at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Adam Cook (7) pulls down Western Dubuque's Colin McDermott (13) as he runs the ball in the third quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Eddie Becu (97) and Xavier's Aidan Kinner (52) reach out to stop Western Dubuque's Grant Glausser (41) as he carries the ball in the third quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Varsity players take the field before the game against Western Dubuque at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Adam Cook (7) runs to stop Western Dubuque's Brock Carpenter (1) as he carries the ball towards the Saints end zone in the second quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque's Brock Carpenter (1) runs the ball into the end zone for the first touchdown of the game against Xavier in the second quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Jason Stevenson (68) stops Western Dubuque's Grant Glausser (41) as he tries to carry the ball into the end zone for a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Jack Stevenson (35) pulls down Western Dubuque's Grant Glausser (41) as he carries the ball down the middle in the second quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Wyatt Montgomery (34) tackles Xavier's Ronan Thomas (10) in the third quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

JV Xavier players hang out on the sidelines before the varsity game at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Coleton Beasler-Weber (1) reacts after running the ball into the end zone for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against Western Dubuque at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier's Coleton Beasler-Weber (1) jumps into the end zone to get the two-point conversion in the fourth quarter against Western Dubuque at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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