Northeast Nebraska Sports

OMAHA — Hartington Public School senior Michaela Dendinger closed out her high school track career with a pair of silver medals as last week’s State Track Meet.

She helped the Lady Wildcats earn a Top 10 finish at this year’s State meet.

Lewis and Clark Conference schools Wausa, Wynot, Osmond and Hartington all broke into the Top 20 in the state meet with Hartington leading the way in the Class D state meet.

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OMAHA — Even though they graduated earlier this month, the Hartington High School Class of 2013 continued to etch their names into the Hartington High School history book last weekend.

The Wildcat boys’ track team claimed the State Track title on Saturday. It marks only the second state track title in school history. The last time the Wildcats topped the state in track was in 1948.

The race for the coveted state crown had been a back and forth affair all day between Paxton and Hartington. With just one event left on the schedule late Saturday afternoon, HPS Coach Blair Kalin knew his team could do it.

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Hartington golfers claim District title

HARTINGTON — Eighteen holes wasn’t enough to decide Monday’s D-3 District Golf Tournament at the Hartington Golf Club.

Hartington’s Ethan Steiner edged out Boyd County’s Andrew Lechtenberg in a one-hole playoff to win the District meet after the two tied in regulation with scores of 84 each.

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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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NORFOLK—The Hartington boys’ track team finished third last week in the always-tough Norfolk Catholic Invitational.

The boys earned a team score of 80.5 points. O’Neill finished seven points ahead of Hartington to take second place and host Norfolk Catholic won decisively at 148.

Individually, the Wildcat boys had two first place finishes, both coming by way of season-best performances by standout athletes.

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The Hartington boys’ golf team finished second at the Lewis and Clark Conference Golf Meet last Monday. Their combined team score of 353 was 23 strokes behind first-place Bancroft-Rosalie.

Derek Jueden and Ethan Steiner led the way for the Wildcats at the Conference meet.

Jueden placed second overall with a score of 79, while Steiner took home the third-place medal with a score of 82.

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HARTINGTON—8:24.4.

If the Hartington boys’ track team does nothing else that is newsworthy this season, which seems unlikely—they will have this number to look back on.

On an immaculate afternoon in Ponca, the site of this year’s Lewis and Clark Conference Track Meet, four Wildcat runners did more than just contribute to the school’s third boys’ conference track title in as many years.

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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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BEEMER — The Hartington boys’ golf team competed Friday at the West Point-Beemer Invitational at the Indian Hills Golf Course here.

The Wildcats placed third out of 15 teams with a combined team score of 366, they were 22 strokes off the pace set by first-place Pierce who won with a score of 344.

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PONCA—It was all Hartington all day long in the boys’ portion of the Lewis and Clark Conference Track Meet here Saturday.

The Wildcats came away with their third straight conference title.

Hartington’s combined team score of 151 was aided by two individual conference champions in three events. The Hartington boys also swept the relays, taking first place in all three events.

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