Northeast Nebraska Sports

HARTINGTON —  Three members of the Cedar Catholic girls basketball team earned post-season honors this week.

Cedar seniors Katelyn Dickes, Lexi Steffen and Emily Schrempp were all named to the 2013 MidStates Conference All Conference Team.

Dickes was the Trojans’ only first-team selection. Despite playing just 16 games, Dickes had the second most rebounds on the team at 7.3 per contest and finished second on the team in scoring at 10.8 points per game. Dickes also led the Trojans in steals and was third on team in assists.

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PONCA – No matter what they tried, Cedar Catholic just couldn’t stop the streaking Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Lady Bears Tuesday night.

LCC won its 13th straight game Tuesday in SubDistrict action to end Cedar Catholic’s girls’ baskebtall season.

Prior to Tuesday, the last time the Lady Bears had tasted defeat was in their first game of 2-13, a setback to the Cedar girls.

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Cedar Catholic girls’ basketball coach Jason Folkers took a page straight out of Coach Gary Dunn’s playbook last Tuesday when he started the five Steffen girls against Ponca here.  Bailey Steffen (33) gets a high-five from Lexi Steffen during team introductions, while Liz Steffen, Morgan Steffen and Maggie Steffen look on. Coach Folkers said he decided on the special lineup for their last home game.  The team really liked the idea. “ I feel it was something that everyone enjoyed.”  Former Cedar Catholic Coach and Principal Gary Dunn made local history here when he put all five Wieseler brothers on the  floor to start a game in 1975.

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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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WEST POINT — The Lady Trojans split a pair of games last week.

Cedar earned a big win over Creighton Tuesday, then fell 62-51 to state-rated West Point Guardian Angels on Saturday.

Cedar fell behind early Saturday, but came back to outscore the Lady Jays 17-13 in the second frame to trail by just three points, 30-27, at the break.

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HARTINGTON — Cedar Catholic’s Lady Trojans stuck to the game plan Friday in the first half against state-rated and undefeated Pierce.

Play tough defense and look for the open shots.

That philosophy led to a 14-13 halftime lead for Pierce, the smallest halftime scoring output of the season for Class C1’s third-rated team.

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HARTINGTON — Cedar stopped LCC 51-46 in non-conference action here last week.

Cedar went toe-to-toe with the Lady  Bears in the first frame, as the quarter ended in an 11-11 deadlock. Cedar earned a slight scoring advantage in the second frame, earning the 13-11 advantage to take a 24-22 lead into the locker room at the break.

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WAYNE — Despite a week-long Holiday break and a 9 a.m. post-Holiday start, the Cedar Catholic Lady Trojans took control early Thursday en route to an 18-point win over West  Point Beemer to open the Great Northeast Nebraska Shootout.

Cedar improved to 6-2 with the win.

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HARTINGTON -— The Cedar Catholic Lady Trojans improved to 5-2 on the year by squeaking out a pair of wins last week.

Cedar used a huge fourth-quarter rally to defeat Avon 53-48 on the road Thursday. The Trojans then handed Madison a 51-47 setback on Friday.

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HARTINGTON —  Friday’s MidStates Conference basketball games here matched a pair of state-rated Class C1 teams against a pair of Class C2 state-rated teams.

The Class C2 Trojans and Lady Trojans of Cedar Catholic came out on top in both contests.

The Cedar girls, rated eighth in the Omaha World Herald pre-season poll, defeated Boone Central, rated sixth in Class C1. The Cedar boys, rated second in the state, then topped Class C1’s fourth-rated team in the nightcap.

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