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Prayer

Father God,

As we say farewell

to our loved ones

we entrust them

into your care. We

pray for happiness

and joy to be ahead

of them, for wisdom

and guidance to be

beside them, and

for grace and truth

to be behind them,

pushing them

onwards into your

goodness. We know

that you will

always love and

protect them,

wherever they go.

Amen.

We are quickly approaching the mid-quarter of the fourth quarter at Cedar Catholic. It has been a great year for our students as they have grown in knowledge and faith through the school year. Looking back at the year, it feels like we were just sending the seniors on their beginning of the school year retreat and now, a few short months later, we will be sending them across the stage at graduation.

Cedar Catholic has a great deal to be proud of with the academic and spiritual growth of our students. The Mid State Conference recently released its Conference Academic Team. To be a member of this team you have to be a junior or senior and score at least a 26 on the ACT. This year Cedar Catholic placed a total of 18 students on the Mid State Conference Academic Team. This included 8 seniors and

10 juniors. Cedar Catho-lic had more students represented on this team than any other conference school. This is a true reflection of the collaborative effort between our students, teachers, and parents in providing a great education. Congratula-tions to these students.

The 2018 Catholic Schools Gala took place on March 17. A big “Thank you” to all the people that helped make this event a success. The support for our Catholic Schools from this night is important for the continued success or our schools and the opportunity they provide for our students. The support from all the peo-ple that create this success is truly appreciated.

On May 12 the class of 2018 will graduate from Cedar Catholic. This year’s senior class has had a tremendous amount of success during their time at Cedar Catholic. They

have been true models of the Faith to the rest of the students in the school. Their leadership will be missed. We wish them the best as they continue their journey.

As the end of this school year quickly approaches, I find myself reflecting on a conversation that took place during a Religion class many years ago. This class was taught by Monsignor Werner and the topic was vocations. Monsignor Werner was asked “how will we know what God is calling us to do in our lives”. He told the class that they should pray and ask God for guidance. This advice is something that is important this time of year as our seniors graduate and our underclassmen continue to grow. Please pray for all of our students that they be guided by God’s will in the work they do in their lives.

A Final Message from Mr. Terry Kathol, Principal

THE TROJAN TIMES

April and May

Cedar Catholic Jr. Sr. High School’s Mission is to serve God by providing a challenging aca-

demic education integrated with Catholic values and morals developing our students spiritu-

ally, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.

Page 2 THE TROJAN TIMES

2018 Cedar Catholic Graduates

Alea reifenrath

Daughter of Mike and Sarah

Reifenrath

I plan to attend University of

Nebraska at Kearney and major

in a psychology.

AUSTIN ARENS

Son of Kelly and Jenny Arens

I plan to attend Northeast Community College and major in Diesel

Mechanics.

Alissa Miller

Daughter of Chris and Rhonda Miller

I plan to attend Northeast Community College and

major in Vet-tech.

Connor wuebben

Son of Dennis and Julie Wuebben

I plan to attend Northeast

Community College and major in Electrical Construction and

Control.

ANNA REIFENRATH

Daughter of Bruce Reifenrath and the late Sue Reifenrath

I plan to attend Briar Cliff University and

major in Secondary Education and play basketball.

DAIN WHITMIRE

Son of Don and Bridget Whitmore

I plan to attend Mount Marty

College and major in Nursing.

BROOKLYN LAMMERS

Daughter of Larry and Sheila Lammers

I plan to attend Northeast

Community College and major in Business Entrepreneurship.

GUS CREEKMORE

Son of Roy and LouAnn Creekmore

I plan to join the Navy right out

of High School.

CASSANDRA LAMMERS

Daughter of Kay Lammers

I plan to attend Northeast Community College and major in

Personal Training.

HARRISON ARENS

Son of Chuck and Jolene Arens

I plan to attend the University of

Nebraska at Lincoln

Major in Architecture.

ASHLEY HAMILTON

Daughter of Mike and JoAnne Hamilton

I plan to attend Nebraska

Wesleyan and major in Health

Sciences, and play college

volleyball.

DYLAN KUEHN

Son of Mark and Denise Kuehn

I plan to attend University of

Nebraska at Lincoln and major

in Business Management.

More Senior Spotlights!

MALAYA HEINE

Daughter of Greg and Lyndsey

Heine and Jenny Budihas

I plan to attend Mount Marty College and major in

Pre-Medicine.

SYDNEY STEFFEN

Daughter of Steve and Jayne

Steffen

I plan to attend the University of Nebraska at Kearney and major

in Nursing.

JACKSON EICKHOFF

Son of Ken and Lori Eickhoff

I plan to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and major

in Software Engineering.

JASON BECKER

Son of Gayle and Rhonda

Becker

I plan to attend the University of Augustana and major in

Biology.

XAVIER KLEINSCHMIT

Son of Gregory and Jennifer

Kleinschmit

I plan to attend Southeast Community College and major in Computer Aided Drafting.

CASSIDY ULRICH

Daughter of Scott and Sheila

Ulrich

I plan to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney and major

in business and play golf.

Madalyn Arens

Daughter of Tim and Julie

Arens

I plan to attend Wayne State College and major in Interior

Design.

MATTHEW SCHAEFER

Son of Dan and Mary Schaefer

I plan to attend Northeast Community College and major

in Ag Business, and play college golf.

JESSICA KLEINSCHMIT

Daughter of Shane and Marnie

Kleinschmit

I plan to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and major

in Landscape Architecture.

RILEY ARENS

Son of Brad and Jan Arens

I plan to attend Northeast Com-munity College and major in

Business.

SETH WIEBELHAUS

Tom and Ruth Wiebelhaus

I plan to attend Mount Marty

College and major in Physical Education and play Baseball, run Cross Country and Track.

LAURA STEFFEN

Daughter of Louise and Sonja

Steffen

I plan to attend Concordia and major in Music Therapy.

GOOD LUCK CEDAR GRADUATES!

MARCUS ARENS

Son of Bryan and Karen Arens

I plan to attend Northeast Community College and major

in IT Technician.

IAN ROHAN

Son of Lou Rohan and Tara Kalhoff

I plan to attend Northeast

Community College and major in Diesel Mechanics.

QUINN PAULSEN

Son of Brian and Jody Paulsen

I plan to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and major

in Sports Media and Communications.

MALLORIE STEFFEN

Daughter of Brian Steffen and Carmen Steffen

I plan to attend the University of Nebraska at Kearney and major

in Biology.

LEVI ARENS

Son of Dennis and Dree Arens

I plan to attend Northeast Community College and major

in Building Construction.

ISAAC CREAMER

Son of Ryan and Janet Creamer

I plan to attend South Dakota State and major in Aviation

Education.

KADEN LAMMERS

Son of Mike and Lori Lammers

I plan to attend Northeast Community College and major

in Construction.

KEYAN JOACHIMSEN

Son of Troy and Tonya

I plan to attend Wayne State College and I’m undecided on

my major.

REID ARENS

Son of Tom and Teresa Arens

I plan to attend Northeast Com-munity College and major in

Auto Mechanics Field.

SYDNEY BECKER

Daughter of Mark and Sandy

I plan to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and major

in Graphic Design.

JACOB HAAHR

Son of Jason and Marie Haahr

I plan to attend Northeast Community College and major

in Diesel Technical Ag.

NICHOLAS PALTZ

Son of Victor and Michelle Paltz

I plan to attend the Seminary at St. John Vianney or Conception

and major in Theology.

MADISON SUDBECK

Daughter of Daryl and Diane

Sudbeck

I plan to attend Wayne State College and major in

Elementary Education.

MARIYAH BERMEL

Daughter of Francis and

Melissa Bermel

I plan to attend Wayne State College and major in

Pre-Veterinary Medicine

SAMUEL FEILMEIER

Son of Eric Feilmeier and Susan

Feilmeier

I plan to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and major in

Sports Media and

Graduation Ceremony

May 12th, 2018 @ 2PM

A Bittersweet Farewell

Cedar Catholic will be saying goodbye to several staff at the end of the school year. Principal Terry Kathol will be departing for Lincoln Pius X to serve as their assistant principal. Science teacher Lily Lam will be leaving to join her fiancé in Texas. Technology teacher Laura Neuhalfen will be leav-ing to join her family as a stay-at-home mom. Business manager Marce Kollars and Mathematics teacher Mary Beth Weier will be retiring come May. Below is a short summary of their time here at Cedar and their plans for the future.

Marce Kollars has been serving our school as the business manager since January of 1996.

Her daily duties change with the seasons. During basketball season she counts gates and pays the referees. She deals with payroll once a month, and is in charge of scholarships and bookkeeping.

Marce says that a lot has changed at Cedar Catholic since she has started here. Some of

those things consist of five new principals, many new teachers, and the most significant change is the school building. Marce has had several wonderful memories here at Cedar. She says, “Two of our kids were here when I began. I loved seeing them at school. Three of our grandchildren have been here in recent years, but the most significant memories of all came when I was a student here.” Kollars looks forward to relaxing more, spending time with family, and getting to travel more.

Also retiring is Mary Beth Weier, a Mathematics and Science teacher. She has been teaching

at Cedar since August of 1972. She says the biggest change since she started teaching is the use of technology in the classroom. Even though she is retiring, she says she will always remember the great staff, faculty, students, and parents she has met in her years here. The activities she has been apart of are: Pep Club, cheerleading, track, prom, and the National Honor Society Chapter. Her favorite topic to teach is Algebra. She is looking forward to spending time with her family, reading, scrapbooking, and traveling.

Cedar is sure going to miss all of these great people that were a part of our Cedar Catholic

family. We wish them good luck in their future endeavors! God Bless.

Marce Kollars

Business Manager

Mary Beth

Mathematics and Science

Terry Kathol

Principal

Cedar Hosts Youth Rally: Gaudium Et Spes

Nearly five hundred students from the local Catholic

schools gathered together for a day long retreat on Wednes-

day, February 28th. The schools included Holy Trinity Ele-

mentary, Cedar Catholic, East and West Catholic, Osmond

St. Mary’s, and St. Rose of Crofton. The retreat was titled

Gaudium Et Specs, Latin for “Hopes and Joys of Our

Times.”

The day began with the priests and students of the

deanery celebrating Mass. Fr. Jim Keiter was the homilist

and spoke about the Four Marks of the Church, highlighting

“One Church”. He also stressed the importance of building

bridges in our lives in regards to our relationships with oth-

ers.

Following Mass, the students gathered at the Msgr.

Werner Center. They were split into thirty-eight groups.

Each group was led by two Cedar Catholic students. Danny

Leger, a youth minister and missionary, led the students in

song throughout the day, and priests from the deanery gave

talks.

Fr. Eric Olsen was the first speaker, and he talked

about encountering Jesus most deeply through the Mass.

Marie Rokusek added, “I like how Fr. Olsen compared

scripture to love letters from God.” The Mass shows how

much God infinitely loves us.

The Twelve Apostles were the first to evangelize the

faith. Fr. Forget of Osmond spoke about the Apostles and

how we as Catholics should continue to spread the teachings

of Christ. This can be done by reflecting the love of Christ

onto others by our words and actions. He also shared his

life-changing encounters with two very important evangeliz-

ers, St. Teresa of Calcutta and St. Pope John Paul II.

Mercy was the topic of the last talk given by Fr. Po-

draza of Crofton. Since we have received mercy from God,

we are called to be merciful in all things and to all people.

Because we have been forgiven, we are called to forgive all

wrongs against us. As merciful Christians, we are called to

show mercy just as Christ showed us mercy.

The retreat ended with Adoration and Benediction

of the Blessed Sacrament. Every student knelt on the gym

floor as Fr. Korte carried the monstrance bearing the Blessed

Sacrament and processed through the rows of students. The

students held little lights to signify that they were ready for

the Holy Spirit to enter their lives. With the overhead lights

turned off, the scene was breathtaking. Junior Brianna Pfund

said, “I believe everyone felt Jesus spiritually through the

songs and prayers we shared together.” The closing hymn

was “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name.”

Musical performer Danny Ledger calls some volunteers

up to the stage to help him worship our Lord Jesus

Christ through song.

Holy Trinity Parish Priest Father Owen Korte reads

scripture during Benediction.

Students from East Catholic and Saint Rose work on

drawing images that represent the day.

Students participate in the worship song called “Lord I Lift Your

Name on High” with action movements to the lyrics.

Students accepting Jesus Christ in the form of body and blood

before they began the retreat.

Students brainstorm and work together to create their group

poster.

Senior Seth Wiebelhaus holds up an image that his group mem-

bers had to explain how they see God.

Cedar Catholic and Holy Trinity students place hands on poster to

be traced for their group poster. Retreat participants open their hands to signify the willingness of

God into their hearts.

Father Owen Korte prepares students for their fun-filled day. Father Eric Olsen, priest of Sacred Heart, Peter and Paul, and

Immaculate Conception, talks about how encountering Jesus in the

Mass is very rewarding.

Congratulations to the Cedar Catholic students who participated in the Academic Contest in

Norfolk on March 21st. The team finished in 3rd place out of 17 Class C schools.

Top individual finishers were: Laura Steffen 1st place Music, Connor Wuebben 1st place

Welding, Adam Wubben 1st place Small Engines, Brady Steffen 2nd place Personal Finance, Alea

Reifenrath 2nd place Psychology, Malaya Heine 2nd place Child Development, Keyan Joachimsen

2nd place Basic Construction, Ashley Hamilton 2nd place Administrative Professional, Jessica K.-

3rd place Art History, Matthew Rokusek 4th place Algebra II, Marie Rokusek 4th place Chemistry,

Connor Vlach 4th place Geography, & Meghan Thoene 4th place Medical Terminology.

Reifenrath Selected for Prestigious Award

Cedar Competes Against 1,510 Students at Academic Contest

Seniors Brooklyn Lammers and Ashley Hamilton along with

Mr. Robert Bengston accept the 3rd place plaque from James

Curry, Director of Public Relations, NECC.

Senior Anna Reifenrath represented her school on

March 3rd receiving the NSAA Believers and Achievers

Award.

Believers & Achievers is designed to reward high

school students in Nebraska for their excellence in aca-

demics and participation in Nebraska School Activities

Association activities. There were 48 students chosen

out of the state of Nebraska. Students who show a com-

mitment to citizenship, school involvement and commu-

nity projects are honored in the Believers & Achievers

program.

Anna was first nominated by a representative

from Cedar Catholic, and then she completed the proc-

ess by sending in her application. She was selected to

be one of the students announced at an NSAA Boys

State Basketball Championship game. Anna says, “I feel

very proud to be selected out of many students. It was a

great opportunity.”

Congratulations Anna!

Cedar Students compete at local NECC Jazz Festival

Cedar Students Picked for Academic Team

For the second year in a row Cedar

Catholic had the most students selected

to the Conference Academic Team.

Cedar Catholic had 18 students named

to the team, which was the most of any

of the 9 schools in the conference. An

ACT score of 26 or above is required to

be nominated for the team. The

students listed on the right were named

to the 2017-2018 Mid-State Conference

Academic Team.

On Monday March 26th, the Cedar Catholic

Swing Choir and Jazz Band headed down to

Norfolk to participate at the NECC Jazz Fest. The

students departed from Cedar Catholic at 6:45 am

and headed to Norfolk. Swing Choir started the

Fest off with their performance at 9:40 am. The

songs featured in their performance were Faith,

Only Hope, and Love. Senior girls, Sydney Becker,

Cassandra Lammers, Alea Reifenrath, Brooklyn

Lammers, Maddie Arens, Sydney Steffen and Ash-

ley Hamilton all got to enjoy a senior moment

together in the song Only Hope as a small group

section. The Swing Choir ended the dance with an

amazing pose to wow the judges!

Later on in the day, the Jazz Band showed

off their musical talents with an outstanding

performance. Jazz Band had a couple of soloists:

Calvin Nieman, Andrew Rembert, Sadie Uhing and

Marie Rokusek. Sadie Uhing got to play her

Flugelhorn, accompanied by the rest of the band.

Overall the Swing Choir finished 4th out of 8 schools. Although Jazz Band didn’t place, Sadie Uhing received the Best Solo award. Congradulations to our Swing Choir and Jazz Band. Their next performance will be on April 20th at the District Music Contest.

Swing Choir Seniors: Madalyn Arens, Cassandra Lammers,

Alea Reifenrath, Madison Sudbeck, Brooklyn Lammers, Syd-

ney Becker, Sydney Steffen, and Ashley Hamilton.

Junior Sadie Uhing poses for a pic-

ture with her NECC Jazz Fest trophy.

Juniors:

Tomas Kathol

Jada Cattau

Derek Heimes

Gillian Kleinschmit

Brianna Miller

Calvin Nieman

Clarissa Paltz

Andrew Rembert

Marie Rokusek

Lauren Wintz

Seniors:

Jason Becker

Jackson Eickhoff

Jessica Kleinschmit

Dylan Kuehn

Nicholas Paltz

Quinn Paulsen

Alea Reifenrath

Anna Reifenrath

After winning the C2-5 District Championship verse Ainsworth on February 23rd, 2018, the girls made their

first trip to State since 2011. The girls had only a few days to prepare for their first game down at State versus Hasting St

Cecilia, who was the number one seed in the tournament. Before the team left for State on Wednesday, February 28th,

the school held a pep rally and the girls received gifts from their parents. That night, before they left, the parents hosted a

pot luck for the girls and then sent them on their way to Lincoln, where they stayed at the Fairfield: Marriott Hotel. That

night the girls relaxed in their rooms, so they were ready for the big game.

The next day was gameday! After going to Malcom High School for a run through, and getting Subway, the girls

headed to Lincoln Northwest for their game. At 2:30 p.m., they began their game versus the Hasting St Cecilia

Hawkettes, battling with them for most of the game. They came back from a 10 point deficit in the 1st quarter to only

being behind by 3 points going into halftime. The game went back and forth in the 3rd and 4th quarters but unfortunately

the Hawkettes come up on top. The Lady Trojans ended their season 16-9.

Girls End Season with a Trip to the State Tournament

Just Short of Making Finals in Kearney

Track Highlights

The Cedar Catholic Speech team competed in the District

Speech Meet at home on Wednesday, March 14. Cedar sent

multiple students into finals. Alea Reifenrath and Sydney Becker

were the ones to advance to the State Speech Championships.

Alea Reifenrath placed runner-up at districts in Persuasive

Speaking and Sydney Becker placed district champion in Humorous

Prose.

On Thursday, March 21 the girls headed down to Kearney

for state! At 8:00 a.m. on Friday, they performed in their first round.

There were 18 students competing in each event. They were set up

in rounds of six. In the first round Alea placed 4th out of 6, and

Sydney placed 2nd out of 6. The next round was at 10:30 a.m. and

Alea placed 4th out of 6, and Sydney placed 3rd out of 6. Neither of

the girls made finals, but they performed the best they could.

Sydney missed finals by one point and ended up with 7th place

Seniors Sydney Becker and Alea Reifen-

rath pose with their district medals.

The first track meet was hosted by Cedar on March 27, 2018 at 1p.m. at the

sports complex. The Cedar Catholic Girls placed second overall with a total of 111

points. Placements for the girls were, Sarah Burbach who placed second in the 1600 Me-

ter Run with a time of 6:01.30. The girls placed first in the 4x400 and 4x800, and then

second in the 4x100 Meter Relay. In the girls High Jump, Senior Anna Reifenrath, had

received second place clearing the height of 5’1. Trisha Dybdal received first place for

Girls Discus with a throw of 103-2.

The Cedar Catholic Boys placed third overall with a total of 103 points, placing

behind Battle Creek and Hartington-Newcastle. In the 200 meter dash Sophomore Jacob

Kaiser placed first with a time of 24.16 and second in the 100 Meter Dash with a time of

11.54. Also, in the 100 Meter Dash Senior Austin Arens finished in sixth place with a

time of 11.99. The Pole Vault placer for Cedar was Senior Keyan Joachimsen finishing

in 6th place clearing the height of 10’0. Junior Levi Heckenlaible finished first in the 110

Meter Hurdles and third in 300 Meter Hurdles. In the Triple Jump Jacob Kaiser placed

second with a jump of 41-7 while Junior Matthew Becker received fourth place with a

jump of 40-2

The Hartington CC Boys placed first in all three relays. The 4x100 finished with

a time of 45.94, the 4x400 with a time of 3:45.50 and the 4x800 with a time of 8:50.80.

Good luck to the Trojans on their season

The 1600 Meter Relay poses

for a picture after taking

home the gold.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2—No School

Easter Monday;

BGolf, TBA

3—Track @

HNPS, 2 p.m.

4—State FFA 5—JH Track @

Stanton, 11:00;

BGolf @

Stanton, 4 p.m.;

6—Track @

Homer, 1 p.m.;

State FFA;

Mass 8:00 a.m.

7—CCHS Prom

8 9 10—Cedar

Track Invite, 1

p.m.; BGolf

TBA, 4 p.m.;

11—Mass 2:40

p.m.

12—JH Track

@ HNPS, 2

p.m.; BGolf @

Laurel, 10 a.m.

13—Midquarter 14—ACT Date

15 16—JH Cedar

Track Invite, 2

p.m.; BGolf @

Pierce, 4 p.m.

17—Track @

SD/NE Chal-

lenge, 2 p.m.;

FFA Officer

18—12:00 Dis-

missal

19—Track @

Pierce, 2 p.m.;

BGolf @ O’Neill,

9 a.m.; Spirit

20—District

Music Contest,

Osmond

21—JH Confer-

ence Track @

BC, 9 a.m.; Con-

ference Golf @

22 23—JH Track @

Crofton, 12:00;

BGolf @

Randolph, 4

24—Golf Home

Invite, 9 a.m.;

Spirit Day; FFA

Officers Inter-

25—Mass 2:40

p.m.

26—Track @

Norfolk Classic,

4 p.m.

27—FFA Ban-

quet, 7 p.m.

CCHS Spring

Concert, 7 p.m.

28—Conference

Track, Home,

10 a.m.; BGolf

@ Pierce, 9 a.m.

29 30—Conference

Track Rain/

Snow Day

April 2018

May 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1—JH Track @

Wayne, 1:00

p.m.

2 3—Track @ Bat-

tle Creek, 2

p.m.; BGolf @

Battle Creek, 9

4-Mass 8:00

a.m.

5

6 7—BGolf @

Randolph, 1:00

p.m.

8—Seniors Last

Day (tentative);

Awards Pro-

gram 7 p.m.

9 10—District

Track, TBA;

Mass 8:00 a.m.

11 12—CCHS

Graduation,

2:00 p.m.

13—Mother’s

Day

14—District

Golf

15—District

Golf; AP Calcu-

lus Exam

16—12:00 dis-

missal for last

day of school;

Mass 8:00 a.m.

17 18 19—State Track

20 21 22—State Golf 23—State Golf 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31