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There were 16 Hartington-Newcastle students selected for Pierce Honor Band. Those students include, (front) Logan Kneifl, Caleb Heimes-3rd Chair Trombone, Cameron Bruning, Harper Folkers, Celia Gall, Brooklynn Peters-1st Chair Tenor Sax, Ashlynn Dailey- 2nd Chair French Horn, Emma Hoeppner; (back) Owen Hart, Alyk Zach, Kyptin Collier- 1st Chair Tuba, Cris Kneifl- 4 year Member and scholarship, Merrick Folkers-1st year Tuba, Paisley Collier, Ali Ford-4 year member and scholarship, and Ella Hoeppner. Students selected for the Pierce Honor Band earn a scholarship and certificate for being selected for Pierce Honor Band for four years.

HARTINGTON – Lyla Lenhoff, daughter of Nick and Lindsey Lenhoff, has read successfully completed the “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” program at the Hartington city library. She received a medal, a certificate of completion, her final prize and a free book from the library for this accomplishment.

HARTINGTONNEWCASTLE SCHOOLS Thursday, April 18: Breakfast: Blueberry Muffins, Fruit, Juice, Milk; Lunch: Popcorn Chicken, Macaroni & Cheese, Fresh Veggies, Mandarin Oranges, Milk.

Cedar Catholic’s Isabel Rolfes tries to get over the bar during action last week at the Hartington Community Complex. Rolfes helped the Lady Trojans earn a runner-up trophy in the meet. (left) Brady Hochstein and Hunter Bensen take off down the track in the 100-meter dash. Crofton’s Jace Panning won the sprint.

OMAHA – Several area basketball players recently received All-State recognition by publications across the state.

LAUREL – The Cedar Catholic golf team traveled to Laurel and took fourth-place in the team standings here at Cedarview Country Club, April 11 after shooting a 378 over 18-holes in the tournament.

HARTINGTON - The Cedar Catholic Trojan and Lady Trojan track teams enjoyed a very successful day April 9 while hosting their own invitational.

April 18 Cedar and HNS at Pierce Track Invitational April 18 Cedar and HNS at O’Neill Golf Invitational April 20 Cedar JV, HNS varsity at Osmond Golf Invitational April 22 Cedar Catholic Dual Golf Meet with Plainview April 23 Cedar, HNS at Hartington Golf Invitational April 25 Norfolk All-Star Track Classic May 8 D3 District Track Meet at Hartington May 9 C4 District Track Meet at Hartington May 14 C3 District Golf Meet at Hartington with these schools: Battle Creek, Cedar Catholic, Crofton-Wynot, Elkhorn Valley, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, Lutheran High NE, Norfolk Catholic, Pender, Pierce, Ponca, Stanton, Summerland, Tri County NE, Wakefield,West Holt, and Winnebago

Hartington-Newcastle’s Kale Korth (above) flies over the hurdles during Trojan Invitational action at the Hartington Community Complex last week. Korth finished the meet with a second-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles and a fourthplace finish in the 300-meter hurdles. Hazel Hochstein (right) finished fourth in the high jump at the meet.

Cedar Catholic’s Aaron Wortmann (above) clears the high jump bar during action in last week’s meet at the Hartington Community Complex. Lauren Bernecker (right) dominated the action in the speed events, earning the gold medal in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes. She also helped the 1,600-meter relay team earn gold.

HARTINGTON – The Hartington- Newcastle boys’ and girls’ track teams competed at the Trojan Invitational April 9 at the Hartington Community Complex, with the Wildcats claiming the runner-up hardware and the Lady Wildcats coming in fourth place.

HARTINGTON – In what could be considered a home away from home, Wynot traveled to Hartington for the Trojan Invitational on April 9 at the Hartington Community Athletic Complex.

LAUREL - Hartington-Newcastle traveled to Laurel to play in the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Invitational golf meet here April 11 at Cedar View Country Club and shot a team total of 409 which put the Wildcats 12th in the field of 15 teams.

THURSDAY NIGHT COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Week 30 - April. 11, 2024

LINCOLN – Catch complete coverage and get your first look at the Big Red as Coach Matt Rhule and his Huskers scrimmage at Memorial Stadium.

RANDOLPH – Sheila Korth’s small-town agricultural roots are planted deep.

– Paul Hammel Nebraska Examiner

Signs of Spring

The arrival of winter weather in December 1953 brought construction to a halt on the earthen embankment that would form the greater part of Gavins Point Dam.

WAYNE – Dynamic jazz meets dramatic film music at the Wayne State College Jazz and String Ensembles concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in Ramsey Theatre, located in the Peterson Fine Arts Building at Wayne State. The concert is free and open to the public.

HOMER – The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears and Lady Bears traveled a little short-handed to Homer for the Homer Track and Field Invitational on April 11 at Ivan Krumwiede Field.