Northeast Nebraska Sports

HARTINGTON — They say if you don’t like the weather in the Midwest, just wait an hour. Northeast Nebraska’s high school golfers and track athletes have had to wait a lot longer than that for their seasons to get into full swing.

In the midst of one of Northeast Nebraska’s coldest and wettest springs in recent memory, athletes and coaches at area schools  have had to deal not only with postponements and cancellations, but also with extremely limited outdoor practice time.

Cedar Catholic Golf Coach Mike Johnson has had to turn practices into duels and triangulars between players to put them in as many match situations as possible in the limited time the Trojans have had to practice outside.

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Cedar girls start season at home

HARTINGTON — The Cedar Catholic girls basketball team will tip off the new season with a pair of home games Thursday and Friday.

Cedar will try to improve upon its 6-14 record of 2011 when the Lady Trojans host Crofton on Thursday and Boone Central/Newman Grove on Friday.

Crofton is now a full-fledged member of the MidStates Conference, so this weekend’s competition will mark the first of a long conference campaign for Cedar.

Coach Jason Folkers is hoping his team is able to get off to a faster start this season. Cedar dropped its first four games of the season last year, including a 67-46 setback at Crofton and a 65-37 loss to Boone Central.

HPS teams start against Ponca

HARTINGTON — The Hartington boys and girls basketball teams will tip off the new season with a pair of home games Thursday night.

The Wildcat boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will host Ponca Thursday. Ponca is co-oping with Newcastle this season.

Coach Josh Morten’s Lady Wildcats are hoping to improve upon last year’s 8-12 season record.

The Cats have opened against Ponca for the past several years. The Lady Indians earned a 43-34 win last year.

Coach Nick Haselhorst’s Wildcats are looking to best last year’s record 7-14 mark. Ponca defeated Hartington 55-24 last year in Haselhorst’s coaching debut.

Cedar boys to host Boone Friday

HARTINGTON — The Cedar Catholic boys basketball team will tip off the new season Friday at the Msgr. Werner Activity Center when they host MidStates Conference foe Boone Central/Newman Grove in a boy-girl double-header.

The Trojans started last year’s campaign off with a 48-41 win over the Cardinals in Albion. Boone Central went on to post a 13-11 season, while Cedar ended 2011 with a 20-5 record and a third-place finish at State.

The Trojans will then travel to Bloomfield on Tuesday to take on the Bees. The two teams have not met on the basketball court for several years.

Wrestlers open season at Scribner

HARTINGTON — The combined Cedar Catholic – Hartington wrestling team will open the season Thursday with a dual meet at Scribner-Snyder.

The local team will have to get used to going on the road this season as no home meets are on this year’s schedule.

The team will compete at the Creighton Invitational on Saturday.

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HARTINGTON  With the final regular season football games of the season now upon us, it’s time to take a look at the Nebraska High School Football playoff projections.

The official pairings won’t be out until Saturday, but at this time, it appears that all five of Cedar County’s teams should make the playoffs- that’s assuming all five win their final regular-season games.

After getting out the calculator and cross checking our figures with a map, here is a look at the projections we’ve come up with for the playoffs, which begin Thursday, Oct. 27.

It looks like Cedar Catholic will earn the highest seed in this year’s playoffs as the Trojans make their 13th straight post-season appearance.

Projected Class C2 Playoff Bracket
East
#1 David City Aquinas
#16 Wisner-Pilger

#8 Lutheran High Northeast
#9 Stanton

#4 Tri County
#13 Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer

#5 Cedar Catholic
#12 Malcolm

#3 Oakland-Craig
#14 Laurel-Concord

#6 Elmwood-Murdock
#11 Nebraska City Lourdes

#7 Wilber-Clatonia
#10 Ponca

#2 Lincoln Christian
#15 Weeping Water

West
#1 Hastings St. Cecilia
#16 Hershey

#8 Perkins County
#9 Cross County

#4 North Platte St. Patrick’s
#13 Doniphan-Trumbull

#5 Cambridge
#12 Chase County

#3 Kearney Catholic
#14 Thayer Central

#6 Ravenna
#11 Sutton

#7 West Holt
#10 Blue Hill

#2 Crofton
#15 Bayard

Class D1

East Bracket Pairings
No. 16 Clearwater/Orchard at No. 1 BDS

No. 15 Hartington at No. 2 Elgin/Pope John

No. 14 Randolph at No. 3 Freeman

No. 13 Friend at No. 4 Pender

No. 12 Newman Grove at No. 5 Creighton

No. 11 Osmond at No. 6 Nebraska Christian

No. 10 Bancroft-Rosalie at No. 7 Guardian Angels Central Catholic

No. 9 McCool Junction at No. 8 High Plains Community

West Bracket Pairings

No. 16 Franklin at No. 1 Kenesaw

No. 15 Arapahoe at No. 2 South Loup

No. 14 Elwood at No. 3 Garden County

No. 13 Sandhills/Thedford at No. 4 Shelton

No. 12 Palmer at No. 5 Burwell

No. 11 Elm Creek at No. 6 Overton

No. 10 Hemingford at No. 7 North Central

No. 9 Maxwell at No. 8 Alma

Class D2
East Bracket Pairings

No. 16 Meridian at No. 1 Howells

No. 15 Wynot at No. 2 Falls City Sacred Heart

No. 14 Parkview Christian at No. 3 Pawnee City

No. 13 Humphrey at No. 4 Giltner

No. 12 Lindsay Holy Family at No. 5 Dodge

No. 11 Sterling at No. 6 St. Francis

No. 10 Dorchester at No. 7 Bloomfield

No. 9 Exeter-Milligan at No. 8 Clarkson

West Bracket Pairings
No. 16 Potter-Dix at No. 1 Pleasanton

No. 15 Brady at No. 2 Sargent

No. 14 Wallace at No. 3 St. Mary’s

No. 13 Litchfield at No. 4 Anselmo-Merna

No. 12 Paxton at No. 5 Bertrand

No. 11 Mullen at No. 6 Sumner-Eddyville-Miller

No. 10 Medicine Valley at No. 7 Loomis

No. 9 Stuart at No. 8 Hayes Center

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O’NEILL — Last Friday, while the rest of the school was getting ready for the big Homecoming Football game, the L-C/C Cross Country Team headed west to participate in the O’Neill Invitational. Read the rest of this entry »

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HARTINGTON — West Point survived an 18-11 slugfest with Battle Creek Saturday to advance to Monday’s final winner’s bracket game against Hartington.

The second-seeded West Point team fell behind 6-3 early, but used three strong innings after that to claim the 18-11 win.

West Point and Hartington will now play at 6:30 Monday to see who will be the automatic qualifier into the title game. The loser must win one more contest in order to advance to the finals.

Battle Creek    2  0  4  4   0  1  0  -  11

West P0int    1   0  2  4   8   3  0 – 18

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HARTINGTON  — The Hartington 10-and-under softball team wrapped up the season with three recent wins.
The local team closed out the year with a 10-3 record. All three losses came at Crofton’s hands.
The fourth meeting between the two teams came out in Hartington’s favor, though, as Hartington earned the 7-1 win to close out the season on a high note.

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KEARNEY — Thunderstorms dampened Cedar Catholic’s chances at last week’s State Class C Golf Tournament at Meadowlark Hills Golf Course.
Despite the rain driven by steady 35 mile-per-hour wind, Cedar Catholic’s Kyle Klug finished the day with an 82 to finish just outside the Top 15 with a tie for 17th place.

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COLERIDGE – The Dawgs got off to a slow start when the 2009-10 basketball season opened last week.

Coleridge struggled to find its offense as Bloomfield used the long ball to roll to a 65-33 win here Thursday. Cold shooting hurt the home team all night long as the Dawgs were able to connect on just 24 percent of their shots from the field. The Bees hit 40 percent of their field goals. Bloomfield connected on 9-14 from behind the arc.

Bloomfield connected for 13 first-quarter points, while limiting the Dawgs to five. The Dawgs got into a groove in the second frame, pouring in 13 points, while the Bees hit for 14 to take a 27-18 halftime lead.

Bloomfield came out of the locker room on fire, steaming to a 22-4 third-quarter advantage to take a 49-22 lead into the final frame.

The Coleridge offense was paced in the game by Clint Wemhoff and Trevor Hefner, who both hit for eight points. Ross Olsen led the team on the boards with five.

Bloomfield won the JV game 41-9.

Coleridge         5    13     4      11 -  33
Bloomfield     13    14   22     16 -  65

SCORING

Coleridge  – Trevor Hefner, 8;  Clint Wemhoff, 8;  Tyler Schurman,  5;  Ross Olsen, 5;   John Burmester, 3;  Derek Colwell,  2;  Aaron Colwell,  2.

REBOUNDS
Ross Olsen, 5.

ASSISTS

Clint Wemhoff, 2; Derek Colwell, 2.
STEALS

Clint Wemhoff, 3;  John Burmester, 2.
Coleridge used a big second-quarter run to take the lead, then held on to earn a 46-35 decision over Allen here Friday.

Defense dominated in the first frame as both teams were able to muster just six points each.

The Dawgs shoved their offense into high gear in the second quarter, though, connecting for 14 points, while limiting Allen to just five to take a 20-11 first-half lead. Coleridge came out big to start the second half, as well, outscoring Allen 11-6. Allen attempted a comeback in the final frame, but their 18-15 scoring advantage was not enough to steal the win.

The Big Blue offense was led by Clint Wemhoff’s 18-point effort.

Allen won the jv game 18-14.

Coleridge was expected to take on Hartington in L&C Conference action Tuesday.

Coleridge    6   14     11   15  46
Allen            6     5     6    18 – 35

Scoring

Coleridge  -  Clint Wemhoff,  18;  Trevor Hefner,  8;  John Burmester,  7;
Derek Colwell,  4;  Jimmy Bush,  4;  Ross Olsen,  3;  Ben Hoffart,  2.

STEALS

Derek Colwell, 3; Clint Wemhoff, 3;
Jim Bush, 3; Ross Olsen, 2.

ASSISTS

Derek Colwell, 3; Ross Olsen, 2;  Ben Hoffart, 2.

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COLERIDGE — The 2009-10 Coleridge girls basketball season got off to a slow start last week with a 52-36 setback against Lewis and Clark Conference foe Bloomfield. The Lady Blue bounced back Friday with a 42-31 win over Allen.

Allen started out strong to open the contest, limiting the home team to just four first-quarter points, while posting nine of their own. Coach Ken Swanson changed things up after that to get his team to turn things around.

The Lady Blue responded with an 11-6 second-quarter run to knot the game at 15-15 at the halftime break. The Coleridge offense was in high gear to start the second half, pumping in 14 points, while Allen was only able to muster six to give Coleridge a 29-21 advantage heading into the final frame. Coleridge outscored Allen 13-10 over the final eight minutes to seal the win.

Morgan Arduser paced the Coleridge offense in the contest, pumping in 14 points. Dani Huss aided the cause with nine points. The Lady Blue was led on the boards, by Haley Hefner’s eight rebounds. She also dished out five assists to aid the offense.
Allen’s offense consisted of a two-player effort as Ashlee Hingst knocked down 14 points, while Shannon Sullivan had 12 points.

Coleridge took on Hartington Tuesday and will host Newcastle on Friday.

Coleridge   4  11  14  13  —  42
Allen          9  6  6  10  —  31

SCORING

Coleridge – Morgan Arduser, 14; Dani Huss, 9; Melinda Hoesing, 8; Shelby Olsen, 5; Megan Wolfe, 5. Allen – Ashlee Hingst, 14; Shannon Sullivan, 12; Shelby Isom, 4.

REBOUNDS

Coleridge – Haley Hefner, 8.

Bloomfield charged out of the gates to earn an 11-9 first quarter advantage. The Queen Bees hit for  15 more, while limiting Coleridge to just eight in the second frame to take a 26-17 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Bloomfield kept firing away in the second half, earning a 13-10 third-quarter scoring advantage and sealing the win in the fourth quarter with a 13-9 run.

Coleridge was led in the contest by Morgan Arduser, who connected for nine points and dished out five assists. Shelby Olsen chipped in with a seven-point effort.  The Lady Blue was led on the boards in the game by Melinda Hoesing and Beth Barelman, who cleaned the glass for five points each.

Bloomfield had a pair of double-figure scorers in the contest. Mary Lingenfelter posted a game-high 15 points, while teammate Samantha Goeden added 12.

The Bloomfield JV team also earned a win, defeating Coleridge 23-18.

Bloomfield  11    15  13   13  — 52

Coleridge      9     8  10   9   — 36

SCORING

Coleridge – Morgan Arduser, 9; Shelby Olsen, 7;  Dani Huss, 6; Melinda Hoesing, 5; M Wolfe, 4;  Beth Barelman, 2; Haley Henfer, 2; Shelly Russell, 1. Bloomfield – Mary Lingenfelter, 15; Samantha Goeden, 12; Brooke Hopkins, 8;

REBOUNDS

Coleridge – Melinda Hoesing, 5; Beth Barelman, 5.

ASSISTS

Coleridge – Morgan Arduser, 5.

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PONCA — Ponca earned a 59-40 win over the Hartington Wildcats in season-opening action Thursday.

Hartington took on Newcastle on Friday.

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