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.

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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.

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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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

O’NEILL — The Cedar Catholic Lady Trojans surprised the competition at the C2-6 SubDistrict Tournament here Monday.
Cedar, seeded fourth in the five-team tournament, defeated Plainview in four sets, then thumped top-seed Creighton in three sets to advance to Thursday’s SubDistrict title game against West Holt.
West Holt pulled a surprise of its own, defeating second-seeded Laurel-Concord to advance to the title match.
The 13-13 Lady Trojans will now take on the 16-8 Lady Huskies in the 7 p.m. title match in O’Neill Tnursday.
The winner advances to the District title game against either Wakefield or Bancroft-Rosalie for the right to compete at State.