CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The #18 prep team from eastern Iowa on our countdown is the 2018 Xavier football team.
Xavier went 13-0 that year, winning its second straight State title in a second straight perfect season.
Quinn Schulte and Ethan Hurkett both went on to play for Iowa. They were 2 of 11 players on that team who earned All State honors. 5 players from that team went on to play Division I football.
This year we’re celebrating the best of the best from the sports world in Eastern Iowa over the last 25 years. The over-arcing theme of this series will be “The Stories of the Century”. During this year, we’ll count down the top 25 athletes, coaches, and teams from the past 25 years.
The year will be divided up into fourths, with the first portion of the year being dedicated to the best athletes (both high school and college) from the last 25 years.
Every Monday we’ll be releasing two more prep athletes, and every Wednesday we’ll announce two college athletes who will be added to the list.