The Winnebago Boys finished third at the state tournament this past weekend, beating West Holt 64-43 at Lincoln Southeast in the first round Thursday night, losing 54-49 to Elmwood-Murdock in the semifinals at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Friday night, and beating Amherst 74-73 in overtime in the third place game at Lincoln Northeast on Saturday.
The Huskies doubled up the Indians 8-4 in the first quarter. West Holt won the second quarter 15-14 to lead 23-18 at halftime.
Winnebago outscored the Huskies 26-7 in the third quarter to go up 44-30 at the end of three.
The Indians notched 20 fourth quarter points compared to 13 for West Holt.
Head Coach Jeff Berridge. "Our shots weren't just falling that first half, and I just told them at halftime our shots are going to fall, and we came out and got David (Wingett) started, and he put on a show for everybody."
Wingett scored a game-high 23 points, all in the second half. Aspen Lapointe added 13 while Cedrick Blackdeer and Drake Gorrin notched 10 and 8, respectively.
The Knights led Winnebago 17-14 at the end of one. The Indians won the second quarter 8-7 to make it a 24-22 game at halftime.
Elmwood-Murdock outscored Winnebago 14-12 in the third quarter to go up 38-34 at the end of three.
The Knights notched 16 fourth quarter points compared to 15 for the Indians.
Wingett led all scorers with 28 points. Lapointe registered 9.
Winnebago led the Broncos 22-15 after one. The Indians won the second quarter 18-13 to take a 40-28 lead into the locker room.
Amherst outscored Winnebago 23-10 in the third quarter to lead 51-50 at the end of three.
The Indians put up 15 fourth quarter points compared to 14 for the Broncos to force overtime with the game tied at 65.
Winnebago outlasted Amherst 9-8 in the extra session.
The Indians came up short of their goal of winning back-to-back state championships, but still had a great season. A 31-1 season is definitely something to be proud of.
This team ran the table all the way until the semifinals of the state tournament. I must say after watching Elmwood-Murdock in the state championship game on Saturday, I'm not sure how the Knights beat Winnebago.
Upsets happen though, and I think it was simply a case of the Indians having an off game and Elmwood-Murdock playing really well.
Winnebago had numerous big wins this year, including wins over Walthill (twice), Red Cloud, Pine Ridge, and White River, SD, Lutheran High Northeast, Hartington Cedar Catholic (twice), Randolph, Gothenburg, Ponca (twice), Howells-Dodge, Oakland-Craig, GACC (twice), Laurel Concord-Coleridge, Bancroft-Rosalie, and Creighton.
The Indians played a lot of good teams this year, and came through when it mattered most time and time again.
Winnebago says goodbye to Lapointe, and that is it. You can bet the Indians will be back for another state run next season.
Winnebago brings back Wingett, Gorrin, D'Von Lapointe, Blackdeer, Maurice Scott, Manape Cleveland, and Miguel Baker, among others.
Aspen Lapointe is a huge loss, but I look for the Indians to be just as good if not better than they were this year.
These last two seasons have been two of the best years Winnebago has had in a long time, and I look for the Indians to be back for another great season in 2016-2017.
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