HARTINGTON — The post-season honors are rolling in for the 2012-13 Cedar Catholic boys’ basketball team.
Cedar finished the season with a record of 22-8 and a third-place finish at the State Basketball Tournament.
The Trojans also won the MidStates Conference Tournament this year and finished second in the season standings.
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HARTINGTON — The Hartington Cedar Catholic Trojans finished the season 22-8 and placed third at the NSAA Boy’s State basketball tournament for the second consecutive year.
This, however, was not the only milestone attained by the Trojan basketball team this season.
A 49-45 win over the Wakefield Trojans on Feb. 27 was the 20th win of the season for Cedar Catholic and the 100th career win for Head Coach Matt Steffen.
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HARTINGTON — A sophomore leads all Cedar County boys’ basketball players on this year’s County scoring charts.
Cedar Catholic’s James Kaiser, a first-year starter for the Trojans, burned the nets for 425 points through the regular season and the SubDistricts and District games. He hit for 64 more points in the State Tournament to end the year with 489.
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LINCOLN — Despite a dissapointing semifianl loss to top-seeded Sutton, the Cedar Catholic Trojans bounced back Saturday to win a hard-fought contest for third-place at the Class C2 State boys’ basketball tournament.
Led by the shooting of sophomore guard James Kaiser, the Trojans edged out the Freeman Falcons 55-49 on Saturday at Lincoln High School to take home the third-place trophy for the second straight year.
The game was a stark contrast to the contest the Trojans played just 24 hours earlier in the semifinals against Sutton. Cedar Catholic struggled to find its offensive rhythm in Friday’s Semifinal game, the offense really clicked Saturday, though.
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NORFOLK — The 2013 post-season has not been kind to the Cedar Catholic Trojans.
All of the breaks the Trojans had in putting together a 12-game win streak seemed to disappear during the Trojans’ post-season run.
The Trojans then needed overtime to dispatch an out-matched Wakefield team in the SubDistrict finals.
Monday’s District title game here proved to be the straw that broke the streak. The Crofton Warriors used opportunistic three-point shooting, solid rebounding and a smothering defense to upset Cedar 51-50 for the District title and advance to next week’s State Tournament despite an 11-13 record.
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NORFOLK — Cedar Catholic fans had to wait until the final buzzer before they could breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy a 67-66 victory over Norfolk Catholic here Friday.
Cedar Catholic Coach Matt Steffen said he knew the game would be a real dogfight.
“Norfolk Catholic is fully healthy and at full strength,” Steffen said. “This was a great game with two good teams going toe-to-toe for four quarters.”
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NORFOLK — The slump is officially over.
The Cedar Catholic Trojans went through a bit of a dry spell from late December to mid-Janaury losing five of eight games and dropping out of the statewide Top 10 polls for the first time in a couple of years.
Coach Matt Steffen said the team needed to be more aggressive, start playing together better and put together a complete game.
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Long ball carries Cedar boys to 19-pt win
Wynot — The Cedar Catholic Trojans rained in seven three-pointers in the first half, built a 36-22 lead at the intermission and then cruised in the second half Friday as they handed the Blue Devils only their second loss of the season, 59-40.
“Wynot has a great team and the game was much closer than the final score indicates,” said Cedar Catholic Coach Matt Steffen. “The atmosphere of this game reminded me of some of the games we used to play in Holy Trinity, with the crowd right on top of you. It was a fun atmosphere.”
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WAYNE — The recent January cold snap affected more than just the temperatures.
The Cedar Catholic boys basketball team suffered through a cold snap of their own, dropping two straight games last week to state-rated teams.
The losses drop the Trojans to 9-6 on the season and out of the state Top 10 ratings for the first time all season.
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Hartington — The Cedar Catholic boys basketball team jumped out to a huge lead then held off a late challenge from the always-tough Pierce Blue Jays to earn a 50-42 MidStates Conference win here Friday.
“This is a good win for us and we will continue to build on this and continue to improve going forward,” Cedar Catholic Coach Matt Steffen said.
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