Schools

HARTINGTON – Hartington-Newcastle dropped its final two games of the regular season to a highly regarded Wynot team on Feb. 10 61-32 and a Wausa team the Lady Wildcats had just beaten in the finals of the Clark Division Tournament.

BATTLE CREEK – The Cedar Catholic Lady Trojan basketball team finished the regularseason with a couple of wins and earned the right to host the D1-4 SubDistrict Tournament Feb. 14 and 16 at the Msgr. Werner Activity Center.

HARTINGTON – Hartington-Newcastle took an 18-4 Wynot team to the wire Feb. before falling 44-41 at home after squeaking past Wausa Feb.7, 42-40, also at home.

HARTINGTON – Move over Whoopi Goldberg, there is a way better Sister Act playing today.

WAYNE – The Hartington-Newcastle, Cedar Catholic and Wynot high school speech teams took their talking talents to Wayne on Feb. 4.

LINCOLN – Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to further restrict spending by local school boards ran into opposition and concerns last week from school district representatives.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats headed into the Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament with a little momentum as they won a couple of games last week to improve to 7-8 on the season.

PONCA – The Wynot Blue Devils found it tough sledding at Ponca Thursday 

HARTINGTON – The Hartington- Newcastle High School speech team is hoping to talk its way to another title in 2023.

HARTINGTON – Cedar Catholic High School speech team members are ready and willing to wow with their words.

Wynot Public School students are now in the midst of preparing for this year’s speech season. Frankie Turschetto, Benjamin Dodge, Holden Merkel, Kailen Hanson and Justis Collins (top) practice their OID presentation, while (above left) Jed Nelson and Kallie Steffen practice their duet piece, and Jude Krie and Colin Wieseler hone their presentation.

WYNOT – The Wynot Lady Blue Devils continued their winning ways on Friday night as they beat a stubborn Plainview Lady Pirates club 42-34.

WAYNE – The Cedar Catholic Trojans had a pretty successful weekend as they outlasted Wayne 46-45 in a two-overtime thriller Friday and then drilled Guardian Angels Central Catholic 63-30 Saturday.

HARTINGTON – Frigid starts hindered Hartington-Newcastle in recent games as the Wildcats dropped a pair of games over the past week at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 51-26 in Lewis & Clark Conference action and 45-41 to Crofton in non-league play at home.

It was a surreal moment for Jaxson Bernecker.

HARTINGTON – Just about two weeks ago, the Hartington-Newcastle girls’ basketball team was sitting at 6-5 on the season and had won four consecutive games.

HARTINGTON – The Cedar Catholic robotics program has seen much improvement in its second year – and the competition is not over yet for a couple of its students.

HARTINGTON - It was a quiet week for the Hartington-Newcastle bowling team, but don’t be fooled because it’s all about getting ready for the big push.

Jordy Feilmeier

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