Cedar Catholic High School
Address
401 South Broadway Hartington , Cedar County , Nebraska 68739 United States
Coordinates	42°36′59″N 97°15′53″W / 42.61639°N 97.26472°W / 42.61639; -97.26472
Information
Type	Private, coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1901
Teaching staff	16.1 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	7–12
Enrollment	180[1] (2019–20)
Student to teacher ratio	11.2[1]
Color(s)	Red and white
Fight song	Washington and Lee Swing
Mascot	Trojans
Team name	Trojans
Website	www.cedarcatholic.org

Cedar Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Hartington, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha.

History

The school was founded in 1901 as Holy Trinity School, established by Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hartington, NE. In the 1963 at the direction of Archbishop Gerald T. Bergan, Cedar Catholic High School was established as a central high school and supported by ten Catholic parishes in Cedar County, Nebraska.^[2] The elementary Catholic school in Hartington, NE retains the Holy Trinity name.

Athletics

Cedar Catholic is a member of the Nebraska School Activities Association. The school has won the following NSAA state championships:^[3]

• Boys' basketball—1980, 1984
• Boys' golf—1995, 2005, 2009
• Girls' volleyball—1989, 2012, 2022
• Girls' basketball—1986
• Boys' bowling—2012

Notable alumni

• Russ Hochstein, NFL player for the Denver Broncos, former player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers; two-time Super Bowl Champion with the New England Patriots (XXXVIII, XXXIX)^[4]
• Charles Thone, US Representative 1971–79, governor of Nebraska 1979-83^[5]