Making history

For the first time in school history, Xavier volleyball competed as a nationally ranked team. Only 100 teams in the nation receive this honor each wee...

Hardwork pays off

Not everyone would get up at 4:45 a.m. to go jump in a swimming pool. Junior swimmer Maddie Gannon is one of those rare types of people. Gannon has sw...

Pressure to do better

After winning a football state championship last year, the pressure is on for the Xavier Saints’ football team to take it all home again this year. ...

Senior captains lead the way

Leadership and responsibility are what it takes to be a captain. Over the summer, the boys’ golf team met and decided on its captains. A week before...

Former player, now coach

The Xavier Saints’ football team has started a new season with another Schulte. Mr. Reggie Schulte is a new math teacher and varsity football coach ...

Flanagan joins boys’ golf

With three team state championships, three individuals state championships, and being named Coach of the Year four times, Patrick Flanagan brings a lo...

Jefferson wins Athlete of the Week

Each week four different athletes from four different schools compete for one title, The Des Moines Register’s Athlete of the Week. This week’s wi...

Braksiek makes golf “her job”

Many aspiring athletes have heard “hard work results in success”. This applied to junior Ellie Braksiek, as she won the Rotary Pribyl Junior Golf ...

Heat conditions cancel meet

The stifling heat and muggy atmosphere were not the perfect conditions the Xavier girls’ cross country team were looking to start their season. Augu...

Smaller team, closer bond

As Colin Powell once said, “The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.” This is the mindset of the Xavier boys’ cross country t...