HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM: Saints continue to shine links

By Daniel Vega, Xavier senior

CEDAR RAPIDS - The Xavier golfers have been working hard this season.

The Saints' hard work has been paying off with a couple of first- and second-place finishes against tough competition.

Xavier finished with a big victory over Linn-Mar, Dubuque Wahlert and Waterloo East at St. Andrews Golf Course in Cedar Rapids on Sept. 12. The Saints barely edged Linn-Mar, which has been on the Saints' heels all season.

'We definitely have a better team if we all play our best," senior John Ingwersen said. "To win our division, we will need our younger guys to play well and our seniors need to continue their success."

The Saints backed the win at St. Andrews with another win at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls on Sept. 16. They finished with a score of 306, which was six strokes ahead of the rest of the competition.

'We played very consistently and our upperclassmen stepped up for this meet,' senior Matt Junge said. 'Individually, I did fairly well, I was two strokes off of medalist.'

The golfers fell just a few of strokes short in two second-place finishes at Beaver Hills Golf Course in Cedar Falls and at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City. At Beaver Hills, the Saints fell just short of Cedar Rapids Kennedy. At Finkbine, the Saints were edged by Linn-Mar.

The Saints hosted districts today.