The Emerson-Hubbard Boys are 1-1 in their last two games, falling 66-31 at home to Ponca Friday night before defeating Winside 43-35 at home on Saturday to pick up their first win of the season.
The Indians led the Pirates 12-8 after one. Ponca outscored Emerson-Hubbard 23-7 in the second quarter to lead 35-15 at halftime.
The Indians won the third quarter 12-11 to go up 47-26 at the end of three.
Ponca notched 19 fourth quarter points compared to just 5 for the Pirates.
Emerson-Hubbard led the Wildcats 16-7 at the end of one. Winside won the second quarter 10-9 to make it a 25-17 game at halftime.
The Wildcats outscored the Pirates 9-7 in the third quarter to close within 6 at 32-26 at the end of three.
Emerson-Hubbard put up 11 fourth quarter points compared to 9 for Winside.
The Pirates didn't play their best game against the Indians, but did enough to win against the Wildcats. Emerson-Hubbard hopes the win leads to better things, there's no doubt about it.
The Pirates (1-6) square off with Lyons-Decatur Northeast (4-1) next Tuesday afternoon at the Omaha Nation Holiday Tournament.
The Cougars are one of the feel good stories of 2015-2016 so far. Lyons-Decatur Northeast defeated Allen 53-25 on Saturday after knocking off Howells-Dodge 66-51 Friday night.
The Cougars are certainly playing at a very high level right now, and Alec Anderson is a big reason why.
He has led Lyons-Decatur Northeast night in and night out.
Emerson-Hubbard has to come ready to play though and can't back down from the Cougars.
The Pirates have to come in to this game with a winning mentality and belief that they can win.
Emerson-Hubbard has to be optimistic, and think that anyone they play is beatable.
The Pirates need to use this five-day moratorium period to get better as a team and individually. The coaches can't help out, but Emerson-Hubbard's players can work out on their own in an effort to get better.
The Pirates need to do what they can to carry the momentum of the Winside win over to this game.
Emerson-Hubbard needs all the momentum they can get, and the win over the Wildcats should help out the Pirates quite a bit.
We will find out what Emerson-Hubbard is made of in this Holiday Tournament.
The Pirates and Cougars are set to square off at 2:45 p.m.
The Emerson-Hubbard Girls are 2-0 in their last two games, downing Ponca 71-51 at home Friday night, and Winside 59-6 at home on Saturday.
The Pirates led the Indians 26-15 after one. Ponca won the second quarter 15-13 to make it a 39-30 game at halftime.
Emerson-Hubbard outscored the Indians 19-9 in the third quarter to go up 58-39 at the end of three.
The Pirates notched 13 fourth quarter points compared to 12 for Ponca.
Emerson-Hubbard got the job done in impressive fashion Friday night and Saturday. The Pirates took care of business like they expected to.
Emerson-Hubbard (6-1) battles Lyons-Decatur Northeast (5-1) next Tuesday afternoon in the Omaha Nation Holiday Tournament.
The Cougars defeated Allen 72-10 at home on Saturday after falling 57-45 at home to Howells-Dodge Friday night.
Lyons-Decatur Northeast has a nice team, especially for only having nine players on their varsity roster.
Everyone contributes for the Cougars. It's a team effort night in and night out for Lyons-Decatur Northeast.
As good as the Cougars are though, I think the Pirates are even better.
Emerson-Hubbard has dominated everyone they've played so far with the exception of Guardian Angels Central Catholic.
Lyons-Decatur Northeast is easily the 2nd or 3rd best team the Pirates will have faced all season though so they have to be ready to go from the get go.
Emerson-Hubbard's offense has to be potent and the defense needs to play well also.
The Pirates' goal should be to win this Holiday Tournament, nothing less. Anything but a Holiday Tournament Championship would be a disappointment, there's no doubt about it.
We will find out just how good this Emerson-Hubbard team is by how they play in this Holiday Tournament.
The Pirates and Cougars are set to square off at 1:00 p.m.
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