HARTINGTON — After its 11th studio album “Party Heard Around the World” was released in April, country music group Lonestar made plans to bring the party to Hartington.

On Saturday, the band will do just that when it headlines the grandstand concert at the 2010 Cedar County Fair at 8:30 p.m.

“Fairs provide a wide age range, and are about family, friends, festivities, rides and junk food,” lead guitarist Michael Britt said. “For us to be the highlight of something like that is great and definitely something we enjoy.”

Lonestar features the vocal and instrumental talents of Cody Collins (lead singer), Dean Sams (keyboard), Keech Rainwater (drums) and Britt. The four-man group has played in venues across the country, and cannot wait to entertain the county fair crowd in northeast Nebraska.

HARTINGTON — The baseball season is now underway in the Hartington area.
Most area teams started play last week.
For a complete look at the schedules for Hartington’s youth baseball teams, Pony team, and American Legion teams, as well as rosters and practice information, please see the link below.
2010 baseball

The Hartington swim team is in search of new members for the upcoming season.
See the ad in this week’s Cedar County News or fill out and send in the form below to join the team.
Swim team form

PIERCE — The Hartington Wildcat boys and girls track teams did something Thursday that they hadn’t done since 2004.

Both HPS squads raced ahead of the competition to earn District track titles.

The Hartington girls had five District champions and will send athletes to state to compete in nine different events.

Hartington’s boys will send athletes in 12 different events.

LINCOLN — Wynot and Lindsay Holy Family battled down to the wire Saturday with the gold medals of a state championship on the line.

This game would feature hard fouls, swarming defenses, steals and turnovers galore as both teams tried to overcome fatique to battle to the end. The Lindsay Holy Family Bulldogs seemed to have a little more gas in the tank in the fourth quarter as the earned the 40-37 win.

LINCOLN — Cedar Catholic proved they knew how to handle Superior’s press Thursday.

Superior wasn’t so fortunate when it came to dealing with the Trojans’ staunch defense, though.

Cedar used its tenacious, pressing defense to fluster a much taller Superior team into making 16 first-half turnovers to take control of the game. Cedar then cruised to the  50-36 Class C2 State Tournament first-round win.

NORFOLK — A fierce defense, crisp passing and accurate shooting all added up to sucess for the Cedar Catholic Lady Trojans Friday.

Cedar easily defeated Elgin/Elgin Pope John 55-37 in the District title game to advance to the Class C2 State Girls Basketball Tournament next week.

The Lady Trojans are expected to enter the State Tournament as the third seed. The third seed will face the sixth seed at 8:45 p.m. Thursday at Lincoln High School.

OMAHA — Chad Koch wrapped his high school wrestling career with a fifth-place medal at the State Class C wrestling meet.

Koch took control of his medal-round match right from the start, perfectly executing a single leg takedown to take a quick 2-0 lead against Central City’s Tyson  Sutton. Sutton managed an escape before the end of the opening period, but that’s all of the offense either wrestler could muster in the opening frame.

HARTINGTON — Cedar Catholic started Friday’s MidState Conference season finale with a vengeance.

Cedar and Norfolk Catholic tipped off Friday to see who would win the MidState Conference regular season title. The two teams squared off last week to settle the Conference tournment title with Norfolk claiming that title.

Cedar looked a totally different team against the Knights on Friday.

The Trojans took the early lead and stayed in control of the contest througout the entire first frame, racing out to a 17-13 advantage.

Chad Koch pins Norfolk Catholic's Scot Benson during Saturday's District meet.

WEST POINT  — Cedar Catholic wrestler Chad Koch has qualified for the State Wrestling Tournament for the second straight year.

Koch had his 189-pound championship match in hand, but lost in the final seconds due to a controversial reversal call. Derik Mowinkel of Logan View earned the come-from-behind 5-4 decision to earn the C2 District title.

Koch will now compete at the Qwest Center in Omaha beginning next Thursday for a chance at a State medal.

PIERCE — The streak is finally over.

The Cedar Catholic Trojans have not beaten Pierce in a very long time. That streak ended when Cedar handed the Blue Jays a 62-41 setback here to improve to 8-0 on the year.

It looked as though Pierce still had Cedar’s number early in Friday’s MidState Conference match-up, racing out to a  10-4 early lead. Cedar rallied back in the frame, thanks to the hot hand of Kevin Wintz, who put in Cedar’s next seven points to single-handedly cut the deficit to 13-11 with 2:25 left in the first frame.