HARTINGTON — Results, photos and feature stories from the 2010 Cedar County Fair can now be found in Cedar County’s four Northeast Nebraska News Company newspapers.

Northeast Neb. News photographers took hundreds of photos during the annual five-day fair. Those photos can now be found on this website – hartington.net. Just click the link below to access the pages.

http://web.mac.com/ccnews/iWeb/Cedar%20County%20Fair%202010/Aksarben.html

HARTINGTON — A six-run deficit in the first inning proved too much for Laurel-Coleridge to overcome on Saturday as it was eliminated from the Class C Area 2 American Legion Senior District Baseball Tournament at Felber Park in Hartington.

The 9-1 knockout punch was delivered by Pender, which recorded six hits and six runs in the first against starting Laurel-Coleridge pitcher Clint Wemhoff.

“That inning made the biggest difference for us,” Laurel-Coleridge head coach Don Maxwell said. “The most important thing for us to do at that point was to keep battling and not quit playing the game.”

PENDER — Hartington had  to go into extra innings Saturday in order to claim its third win over Crofton this season.

The win proved to be the team’s biggest victory of the year as it came in the first round of the Class C American Legion Juniors State Baseball Tournament.

Hartington’s offense came alive late in Saturday’s first-round game to earn the 6-5 victory and advance to Sunday’s second-round contest at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

HARTINGTON — Wakefield used a late-inning offensive surge to earn a 10-run win over Hartington in first-round action of the Area 2 American Legion Senior baseball tournament Friday.

Wakefield earned the 12-1 six-inning run to advance to Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. game against Randolph.

Hartington will play Ponca at 2 p.m., while Pender will take on Laurel in the noon game.

HARTINGTON — Despite coming into Friday’s Class C Area 2 District Tournament as the second-seed, the Randolph American Legion Seniors had to battle in order to earn a one-run win over seventh-seeded Ponca Friday.

Both teams got their bats working in the first frame as Ponca put up two runs on two hits and Randolph came back in their half of the frame to score three runs on four hits.

HARTINGTON — Top-seeded Stanton survived a scare from eighth-seeded Laurel-Coleridge in Friday’s opening game of the Area 2 American Legion Senior District baseball tournament at Felber Park.

Stanton built a 2-0 early lead, but saw that lead disappear with a four-run L-C rally in the fifth inning.

The Laurel-Coleridge offense took off when Kyle Kardell singled and Nate Anderson reached on a walk. Benn Hoffart then loaded the bases with a walk and Scott Pippitt drove in a pair of runs on a Stanton fielding error.

Hartington is Area 2 runner-up for second straight year

By Joel Janecek

WISNER — Hits were at a premium on Tuesday, July 20 as Pender’s Eric Browning threw a no-hitter, leading them to a 10-0 victory over Hartington in the Class C area 2 championship.

Despite the loss, Hartington was able to clinch a spot in the Class C state legion tournament, since Pender is the host team and they have an automatic bid.

In his stellar pitching performance, Browning was able to strike out twelve batters while allowing only two walks.

“We knew he was one of their quality pitchers,” Hartington head coach Tim Loberg said. “Unfortunately our guys weren’t able to make the adjustments they needed to earn hits.”

Knowing they had a spot in the state tournament already, Hartington went with a different lineup in order to get each of their dedicated players more time on the field.

CROFTON — Judy Morman, 58, Crofton, died July 19, 2010, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, S.D.

Her services are pending at the Wintz funeral Home, Crofton.

HARTINGTON — A three-inch rain fall early Thursday morning has delayed the start of the Area 2 District American Legion Senior baseball tournament at Felber Park.
Hartington rain gauges recorded from 3.10 to 3.85 inches of rain in the over night downpour. The rain was even heavier north and west of Hartington as 4.85 inches was recorded in the Fordyce area. Nearly six inches was recorded in the Verdigre area.
The District Tournament schedule has been pushed back an entire day. Instead of the event starting at noon Thursday, it is now slated to start at noon on Friday.
Check the updated hartington.net link below for a complete schedule.
Rosters and team photos can be found on the American Legion Area 2 Tny link to the left of the hartington.net home page.
2010 Sr Bracket

PENDER — Hartington will open the 2010 State American Legion Class C State Tournament Saturday with a 2:30 p.m. game against Elkhorn Valley League foe Crofton.

Hartington, 20-5, owns two wins over Crofton this season. Here is a look at the 2010 Class C State schedule.

Juniors state tournament

Dave Nitzschke Field, Pender
Saturday, July 24
Noon — Game 1: Valparaiso vs. Davenport-Edgar
2:30 p.m. — Game 4: Hartington vs. Crofton
5 p.m. — Game 2: Mt. Michael vs. DCB
7:30 p.m. — Game 3: Pender vs. Overton.

HARTINGTON —  It was a perfect night for racing on Sunday as a large crowd packed the stands at the Cedar County Raceway for the annual Cummins Stock Car races at the Cedar County Fair.

After several heats of preliminary competition, the four-cylinder feature race brought forth an improbable winner.

Fourteen-year-old Chase Osborne emerged from the pack victorious and was able to claim is first-ever feature win.

“I just wanted to go in with a lot of confidence and do my best,” Osborne said. “I kept telling myself not to crash — it helped.”