Chad Koch makes his way through a huge hole late in Wednesday’s playoff game at Russ Hochstein Field.

HARTINGTON — The Cedar Catholic Trojans defeated Stanton 14-7 in second-round playoff action here Wednesday.

Cedar will now travel to Fremont to take on Archbishop Bergan in quarterfinal round action Monday.

Defense was the name of the game once again as both teams battled to a scoreless tie in the first half.

Stanton got on the board on its second play from scrimmage in the second half on a 68 yard TD run.

The Trojans did not let the big play get them down, though. The Cedar offense took the ball on the next series and drove deep into Stanton territory to score.

Cedar’s fierce line play began to wear the Mustangs down in the final half and Chad Koch took advantage of that to race to a 58-yard TD run with just over eight minutes left in the game to give the Trojans the lead.

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HARTINGTON — Halloween in Hartington will feature football as the Black and Orange Mustangs of Stanton come to Russ Hochstein Field to take on Cedar Catholic.

The second-round playoff game is slated to get underway at 6 :30 p.m.

Stanton is 7-2 on the year and Cedar is 8-1. The winner will advance to quarterfinal round action on Monday. Cedar is hoping to advance to the quarterfinals for the fourth time in school history.

Several area athletes are on the latest football leader board.

Here is a look at Class C2 area statistical leaders.

RANDOLPH — Ray V. Gubbels, 87, Randolph, died Oct. 26, 2007, at Osmond General Hospital, Osmond.
Visitation, with a rosary, was Oct. 28 at St. Frances Catholic Church, Randolph.
Funeral Services were Oct. 29 at St. Frances Catholic Church, Randolph, with Rev. John Andrews officiating.
Interment was at St. Frances Catholic Cemetery, Randolph, with military rites by Alvin Kessler Post #5545 and American Legion Post #113, Randolph.
Johnson Funeral Home, Randolph, was in charge of arrangements

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PHILLIPS — Robert C. Nelson, 74, Phillips, died Oct. 22, 2007, at Bryan LGH East, Lincoln.
Visitation was Oct. 26 at Solt Funeral Home, Central City.
Funeral services were Oct. 27 at the Monroe Evangelical Free Church, rural Aurora, with Rev. Barry McCormick officiating.
Burial was in the Mamre Church Cemetery.

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RANDOLPH — Ray V. Gubbels, 87, Randolph, died Oct. 26, 2007, at Osmond General Hospital, Osmond.
Visitation, with a rosary, was Oct. 28 at St. Frances Catholic Church, Randolph.
Funeral Services were Oct. 29 at St. Frances Catholic Church, Randolph, with Rev. John Andrews officiating.
Interment was at St. Frances Catholic Cemetery, Randolph, with military rites by Alvin Kessler Post #5545 and American Legion Post #113, Randolph.
Johnson Funeral Home, Randolph, was in charge of arrangements

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FALLS CITY — The Falls City Sacred Heart Irish outscored the visiting Coleridge Bulldogs Thursday, 42-8 to knock the Dawgs from the playoffs.
Despite rushing for 125 yards as a team, the Bulldogs still came up short in the game.
Turnovers were a problem on the day, as Coleridge turned the ball over five times, once on a fumble and four from interceptions.
The Irish’s Caleb Pokorney threw one touchdown pass and ran in two more.

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The Lady Bears got off to a quick start Tuesday, thumping Cedar Catholic 25-15 in the opener. The Lady Trojans came back in the next set to earn a 25-23 decision, though. L-C got back on track in the next set, earning the 25-18 win. Cedar again charged back to claim the fourth set in a lopsided 25-16 decision. The Lady Bears showed their determination in the final set, earning a big 15-9 win to earn the SubDistrict title.

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HARTINGTON — 29-6
That was the final score the last time Cedar Catholic and Stanton got together on the football field.
It was October, 2005 and Stanton came into Russ Hochstein Field with an undefeated record and as the number-one rated team in Class C2.
Cedar Catholic wasn’t intimidated, though.
The Trojans did not allow the Mustangs to run over them as the rest of the competition had that year and Cedar pulled the suprise.
Coach Greg Hanson and his Mustangs have not forgotten the 2005 game.
The Trojans, 8-1, enter post-season as the fourth seed in the eastern bracket. The Blue Jays, 5-3, are the 13th seed.
Despite their record, the Jays are a very good team. They play in the toughest C2 District in the state. Howells won their District this year, while Stanton took second.

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HARTINGTON — The Hartington Council of the Knights of Columbus celebrated 100 years in style here last weekend.
The Knights held a special 5:30 p.m. Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church and followed that up with a banquet at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic fraternal organization which helps several different charities, which includes helping youth. They are also very patriotic.
Bishop Elden Curtiss said the Hartington Knights of Columbus Council has been a real asset.
”Over the years you have been a wonderful example to the Holy Trinity community and all of the people in Hartington,” Bishop Curtiss said.
Hartington Council Grand Knight Jimmy Christensen said the local Council takes a lot of pride in its work.
“Locally we do a lot of work with ‘Right to Life’ plus other charities,” said Christensen. “We hold fund-raisers through the year.”
The Hartington council celebrated 100 years while the Knights of Columbus as an organization has been going for 125 years.

By Deanna Anderson
Cedar County News
HARTINGTON — There are mixed reactions about Cedar County’s decision last week to go ahead with a $2.2 million courthouse addition without a vote of the people.

Several people from across Cedar County think the action taken at last week’s Cedar County Commission meeting should have been decided by an election.
Some said they think it was a good idea to do the renovation and addition on the Courthouse, but it still should have been brought before the people.
After months of discussion and debate and several public meetings with little attendance, Commissioners Frederick Pinkelman and Dave McGregor said last week they did not feel the public had enough information to make a good decision concerning the issue.
Pinkelman said he had visited with people concerning the project.

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