Northeast Nebraska Sports

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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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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PONCA — On a sun-filled day and one of the most spectacular settings you will find at a track meet, the Wausa Lady Vikings finished runner-up at the 2013 Lewis and Clark Conference Track and Field meet at Ponca. The Lady Vikings finished with 83 points to conference champion Ponca with 87.5 points.

Just as the girls were battling for position, the Wausa boys made an outstanding mark of their own as they finished tied for fourth with Bloomfield with 53 points.

The athletes just had an outstanding day all the way around from top to bottom. What you will notice in the results is how many “Personal Records” and “Season Bests” that will be indicated.

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RANDOLPH — The Randolph High School boys took second-place honors at Monday’s Randolph Invitational.

The Lady Cards ended the day in fourth place.

Justin Korth led the Cardinals on the day, earning a gold medal in the 1,600-meter run and picking up a silver in the 3,200-meter run. He also helped Randolph’s boys’ 3,200-meter relay team also picked up a gold medal on the day. Other members of that team were: Nolan Nordhues, Levi Lackas and Nick Schmit.

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NORFOLK—The Laurel-Concord/Coleridge Bears sent athletes from both the boys’ and girls’ teams to Norfolk Thursday to compete in the elite Northeast Nebraska Track Classic at Norfolk High School.

For the girls’ team, sophomore Ellie Arduser was the top individual performer as she placed second in the 100-meter dash with a season-best time of 12.4 seconds. Arduser also placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.1 seconds.

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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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WAYNE—As a near-immaculate late spring morning turned to early afternoon at Wayne High School’s Kern Track, students from Wayne Elementary looked on as special needs students from all over Northeast Nebraska competed at the Northeast Nebraska Track and Field Day.

At the conclusion of each event, which varied from a standing long jump competition to a softball throw to races of various lengths, each participants name and best result was announced to the delight of onlookers, sponsors, parents and especially fellow competitors.

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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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LAUREL —  The Laurel-Concord/Coleridge girls took home the team title at last Tuesday’s Laurel Invite.

On the girls’ side, LCC finished with a combined team score of 108 to edge Pender by just eight points for first place overall.

Sophomore Ellie Arduser won the triple jump with a mark of 33’6” and the 100-meter dash with a season-best time of 13.0 seconds. She was also part of two gold medal winning relays.

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BATTLE CREEK — The Cedar Catholic golf team finished second out of 10 teams in the Mid-State Conference Tournament at the Evergreen Hills Golf Course.

Wayne won the tournament with a team score of 332, Cedar was five strokes back at 337.

Dalton Lammers led the way for the Trojans on the cold and wet afternoon with an 18-hole score of 79. He finished third among all golfers at the tournament.

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