LINCOLN — Tom Osborne would have been proud.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers’ legendary coach will forever be known as the man that went for the win and lost the 1983 National Championship.

Cedar Catholic Coach Chad Cattau took a play out of Coach Osborne’s playbook Tuesday.

Cedar had just scored an overtime touchdown to pull within one point of undefeated Ponca, 14-13. Instead of lining up for the extra point kick, Cattau went for two, and put the game into All Stater Chad Koch’s hands.

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WYNOT  —  Wynot High School dominated the D2-4 All District post-season team.

Eight slots on the D2-4 All District First Team were filled by Wynot High School football players.

A total of 16 different positions on the First, Second or Honorable Mention teams were filled by Wynot athletes.

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HARTINGTON – Cedar Catholic earned a thrilling come-from-behind 26-20 win over Cambridge here Tuesday to advance to the State title game at Memorial Stadium.

The Cambridge defense made one big mistake Tuesday.

They forgot about Cody Klug.

Cambridge was so busy trying to contain Cedar Catholic All Stater Chad Koch and receiving leader Nick Lauer, that Cody Klug was able to run wild  against the Trojans.

HARTINGTON — The Cedar Catholic Trojan football team will host Cambridge at 3 p.m. today at Russ Hochstein Field in the Western Bracket state C2 semifinal game.

The winner of the contest will advance to the state championship game next Tuesday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. The West Bracket winner will face either Ponca or David City Aquinas for the state title.

COLERIDGE —  The Coleridge School Board tabled making any decisions Thursday concerning the 2010-11 inter-local agreement with the Laurel-Concord School District.

Board members are waiting until after Nov. 16 to make any decisions concerning the next school year.

Tbat’s when the Laurel-Concord School board will have the option of voting whether to commit to a Middle School at the Coleridge location, or keeping their current system intact.

“It will be on the agenda – but it could be tabled,” said Supt. Rich Patton. “If a decision is made to go ahead there will be a ton of decisions to make. Some will have to be done by the school boards and some will be done at the site.”

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HARTINGTON — Hartington City Council members adopted an ordinance that will allow ATVs to be driven within the city limits.

The new ordinance says All-terrain vehicles can only be operated within the corporate limits of the city between the hours of sunrise and sunset.

“The number one reason for passing the ordinance on ATVs was for safety,” said Mayor Bill Yates. “With the ordinance we can legally control the use of ATVs on our city streets.”

Yates said the ordinance will not allow golf carts to be driven on city streets.

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COLERIDGE  —  A National American Legion Commander spoke at the Coleridge High School Veteran’s Day Assembly on Nov 4.

Clarence Hill, from Jacksonville, Florida, talked about the important job members of the military have.

“The Armed Forces carry the responsibility of defending this nation – what a responsibility that is,” said Hill. “It involves ordinary people doing extra-ordinary things.”

Those who have been willing to serve their country have been found on our streets, in our shops, on the farms or running a business – they are ordinary people doing extra-ordinary things.

HARTINGTON — The Hartington City Council reviewed plans for a new housing subdivision Monday.

Dan Kathol, representing Hartington’s New Housing Subdivision Planning Committee, presented an initial street and lot design for the proposed residential housing subdivision being planned on 19 acres just east of the Community Complex.

The preliminary design recommended by the Planning Committee was one of three designs developed by Eisenbraun & Associates of Yankton, which is the firm hired by the Hartington Community Economic Development Corp.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Rubin Bird, 96, Beverly Hills, Calif., died Nov. 4, 2009.

Even though he moved away from Nebraska decades ago, he never forgot his adopted home town. Bird donated to several local organizations over the years. He continued to receive the Cedar County News up until his death to keep abreast of local happenings.

Services were Nov. 6 at Hillside Memorial Park Mortuary.

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HARTINGTON — Cedar Catholic advanced into the Class C2 state semifinals for the second time in three years and the third time in school history with an easy 48-0 quarterfinal win over Creighton here Tuesday.
Cedar will now host Cambridge in next week’s West Bracket State Semifinal game.
Cambridge defeated Sutherland 35-6 in their quarterfinal contest.
The Trojans scored every time they touched the ball in the first half.
Chad Koch did most of the damage, crossing the goal line four times. Koch finished the night with a game-high 263 yards on just 23 carries. As a team Cedar finished the game with 415 rushing yards and 487 yards of total offense, while limiting Creighton to just 106 total yards of offense.

RANDOLPH – The Hartington Lady Wildcats’ post-season parade ended one game short of the State volleyball tournament.
Winside defeated Hartington in three sets to end the Lady Cats season and earn a trip to the Class D1 state volleyball tournament.
Hartington started the contest out with a pair of points at the net from Kimber Rohde to take a quick 2-0 lead. Winside responded with two points of their own to knot the score. The two teams then traded points