HARTINGTON — The Hartington Wildcats werent’ able to make it two in a row over Emerson-Hubbard Thursday.

The Pirates came into Russ Hochstein Field and walked away with a 20-7 playoff win over the District champion Wildcats. The win avenges a 19-14 win Hartington hung on the Pirates earlier in the season.

Despite falling behind 14-0 in the first half, the Wildcats appeared to be just one or two plays away from knotting up the game right down to the final minutes of the fourth quarter.

HARTINGTON  — The Cedar Catholic Trojans opened the 2008 playoffs with a big 55-28 win over Sutherland.

The final score was much closer than the game itself as Cedar controlled this one from the start. The visitors from the West got most of their points in the second half when the Trojans were getting their reserves into the game.

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HARTINGTON — Football is bringing the town of Hartington together.

Area residents clad in purple and red showed up at the Hartington Community Complex Wednesday night to show their support for both the Hartington Public Wildcats and the Cedar Catholic Trojans.

Both teams won District titles last week and finished the regular season at 7-1. Both teams host first-round playoff games Thursday at Russ Hochstein Field.

HARTINGTON — Hartington is throwing a football party and the entire town is invited out to help celebrate Wednesday night.

Both Hartington Public School and Cedar Catholic High School have advanced to the high school football playpoffs and both schools will be hosting playoff games at Russ Hochstein Field Thursday.

To honor the event a special community pep rally is being held at the  Hartington Community Complex at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

HARTINGTON — The Hartington Wildcats will see a tough foe in first-round playoff action here Thursday night.
HPS Coach Scott Miller said Emerson-Hubbard is  the most physical team they played all year.
”They’re big bruisers — a  very physical team,” Miller said.
Hartington won the last meeting between the two teams, 19-14.
The game was a true test for the Wildcats as the Pirates did a good job of slowing the Cats running attack, Miller said.

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HARTINGTON — Cedar Catholic’s first-round playoff foe Thursday is a team that is staring a six-hour bus ride in the face.
The Sailors must travel 314 miles to reach Russ Hochstein Field for Thursday’s 2:30 p.m. game.
Sutherland,  5-3 on the year, is the 14th seed in the Class C2 West Bracket. Cedar tied in power points for the second seed, but lost the tie-breaker to Kearney Catholic and had to settle for the third seed.

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HARTINGTON — Hartington Public High School’s 2008 offensive unit has finished the regular season ranked as one of the highest scoring in recent school history.
The 2008 Wildcats scored 306 points this season.
The most explosive offense in recent Hartington history was the 1993 Wildcat team, which put up 377 points. That team compiled a 7-2 record, only losing to Wausa and Osmond on the year and averaging 42 points per game.
This year’s team ranks third in scoring for the past 38 years. The 1971 team posted 321 points during the year.
The 2008 unit ranks second in points per game, though. This year’s team is averaging 38 points per game, while the 1971 team averaged 33 points per game.

HARTINGTON —  The laughter was never-ending here Saturday.
Over 200 people turned out for a retirement party at the Hartington Club House to honor Joan Burney.
Burney, who turns 80 later this week, said long ago she planned to quit writing her weekly Cedar County News column when she became an octogenerian.
She began her writing career in 1968 when former editor Vern Borerer asked her to fill in for her once in awhile.
She picked up the challenge with gusto. Her column first appeared in the Cedar County News, but over the years her work has regularly appeared in the Norfolk Daily News, Sioux City Journal, Omaha World Herald, and the Missouri Valley Observer, as well as several farm magazines.

HARTINGTON — Cedar Catholic’s 2008 defensive unit has finished the regular season ranked as one of the stingiest in school history.
The 2008 Trojans allowed just  70 points during eight regular season games this year. That ranks in 10th place on the all-time list in Holy Trinity-Cedar Catholic football history.

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By Deanna Anderson
Coleridge Blade
COLERIDGE — Students at Coleridge School took a very quick trip to Washington D.C. recently.
The Fourth through eighth grade students here actually visited the National Archives in Washington D.C., but through a virtual field trip.
David Rosenbaum, who is in charge of video conferencing and education at the Archives, spoke to the students via a video conference.
The students could see Rosenbaum on a large screen and Rosenbaum could view the students through using the Distance Education equipment at the Coleridge School.
Rosenbaum, who was over 1,200 miles away in Washington D.C., communicated back and forth with the students during the field trip.

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