Northeast Nebraska Sports

Hartington boys win District title

HARTINGTON—It  is an oft-quoted adage that sports like football and baseball are decided by inches. The same is not usually said about middle-distance track competition.

In an event traditionally decided by, at the very least, a few dozen yards, State qualifiers Pat Wortmann and Adam Hochstein came all the way down to the wire in the 3,200-meter run at Wednesday’s District D-3 Track Meet.

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BATTLE CREEK — The Cedar Catholic girls took runner-up honors last week at the Battle Creek Invitational.

The Cedar boys earned third place in their division at Battle Creek.

Alli Walter, Rachel Loecker, Amber Leise, Emily Schrempp, and the girls 4×400 meter relay team all earned gold medals to lead the Lady Trojans. Ty Becker and Shane Guy earned gold medals for the Cedar boys.

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NORFOLK—The town of Hartington was well represented at last Thursday’s Northeast Nebraska Track Classic in Norfolk as athletes from both Hartington Public and Cedar Catholic showed off their talent against the area’s best athletes.

Perhaps the night’s top story was decisive first-place finish in the discus by future Wayne State Wildcat Michaela Dendinger who exploded on her final throw of the evening for a mark of 151’3”. Not only was the throw a new Northeast Nebraska Track Classic and Hartington High School record, but Dendinger’s best throw of the season by more than 21 feet.

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MADISON—The Cedar Catholic boys’ and girls’ track teams competed Saturday morning and afternoon at the Mid State Conference Meet.

The Trojan girls finished sixth out of 10 schools competing with a combined team score of 41 points. Crofton won the 2013 Mid State Conference track championship with a score of 108.

Alli Walter was the only individual conference champion for the Trojans. Walter won the 100-meter dash with a season-best time of 12.64.

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HARTINGTON —   The Cedar Catholic girls’ track team placed first out of seven teams competing at the Hartington Invite.

As a team, the Trojans finished with 176 points, which was 60 points ahead of second-place Pender.

Cedar had five individual first place finishes on the afternoon including Alli Walter in the 100-meter dash (13.0 seconds), Katelyn Dickes in the 300-meter hurdles (50.08 seconds), Rachel Loecker in the 3,200-meter run (13:39.9), Lexi Steffen in the high jump (4’10”) and Siera Becker in the pole vault (9’0”).

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HARTINGTON —  Both Trojan track teams were in action last Thursday as Cedar Catholic hosted cross-town rival Hartington Public as well as seven other area schools in the Cedar Catholic Invite.

The Lady Trojans scored 134 points as a team and finished second out of eight schools competing. First-place Crofton edged out the Trojan girls by just 4.6 points to win the meet.

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OMAHA  — The Cedar Catholic Lady Trojans finished 18th in last week’s State Class C girls track meet.
Fillmore Central ran away with the team title by racking up 81 points. Crofton was the best area finisher, taking  eighth.
Katelyn Dickes and Lexi Steffen led the team at State.
Dickes ran her best 300-hurdle time of the season in the prelims, clocking in at 47.0,  which tied her school record time from last year.  She didn’t fare quite as well in the finals, finishing in seventh to medal.
Dickes also helped the 3,200-meter relay team earn a fourth-place finish with a time of 10:07.596. Other members of that squad were Siera Becker,  McKae Pinkelman and Emily Schrempp.

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HARTINGTON — It was a photo finish in this year’s race to the District track title with the Crofton girls edging Cedar at the wire to claim top honors.
Cedar Catholic Coach Chad Cattau said his team was prepared for a dogfight as the District is loaded with talent.
“We knew going into the meet that we would really be competing with Crofton and Laurel for the District title,” he said. “All three teams have done some great things this year so we knew it would be difficult to win.  We were tied with Crofton going into the last race of the day so it was a very exciting finish.  It’s always fun to compete with them because they are a great challenge to us in all of our events and in the team scores.  Our girls have great respect for their team and vice versa.”

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BATTLE CREEK — The Cedar Catholic girls claimed the team title at Battle Creek last week.
Battle Creek won the boys team title at Thursday’s Brave invite. Cedar took third in the boys division, finishing behind Battle Creek and Wayne and edging out Madison.
The Cedar boys won five gold medals at the meet.

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NORFOLK — Several Hartington area athletes fared well at the elite Norfolk Classic Track Meet last week.
Hartington’s Michaela Dendinger set a new HPS school record enroute to the Classic gold medal. She threw the discus 133-10 to earn the title. Her throw is the best in the state so far this year.
Dendinger also took fifth in the shot put.
Cedar Catholic’s Siera Becker tied for second in the pole vault, while teammate Lexi Steffen earned a fourth-place medal in the triple jump at the meet. In the 300-meter hurdles, Cedar junior Katelyn Dickes earned a fourth-place finish.
Cedar’s Rachel Loecker also medaled at the elite meet, finishing fifth in the 3,200-meter race.

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