The Winnebago Boys beat Omaha Nation 82-55 at home Thursday night.
The Indians held a 22-12 lead at the end of one. Winnebago outscored Omaha Nation 26-10 in the second quarter to take a 48-22 lead into the locker room.
The Indians won the third quarter 27-11 to go up 75-33 at the end of three.
The Chiefs put up 22 points in the fourth quarter and held Winnebago to 7.
This was a great performance from Winnebago. The Indians played great basketball the first three quarters.
Winnebago (3-0) takes on Tiospa Zina, SD at the Lakota Nation Invitational in Rapid City, SD Wednesday morning.
The Wambdi is 0-1 on the season.
I look for the Indians do well on Wednesday and throughout this entire tournament.
I think fans will see Winnebago perform at a high level all four days of this tournament.
I don't know anything about Tiospa Zina, but David Wingett, Drake Gorrin, Manape Cleveland, D'Von LaPointe, Cedrick Blackdeer, and Miguel Baker, among others, need to have great games for the Indians.
I look for Winnebago to take care of business and advance to the next round on Thursday.
This is an important time in the Indians' season.
Winnebago has this tournament, and the game with Omaha Central next week.
These are the type of games and tournaments you live for if you are the Indians.
Winnebago has to remain focused, humble, and hungry to get where they want to.
The Indians just have to come out and play their game on Wednesday. Winnebago has to do what they have been doing all season long, which is dominant people from start to finish.
The Indians have to do what they did against Homer and Omaha Nation this entire tournament. If Winnebago does that they should give themselves a good chance to win this Invitational again.
As I mentioned before, these next two weeks are big for Winnebago basketball.
These games this week and the Omaha Central game next week will tell a lot about this already storied program, in my opinion.
Game time is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at Ice Arena.
The Winnebago Girls lost 72-44 at home to Omaha Nation Thursday night.
I figured the Indians would play better than they did, but credit the Chiefs for a well played game.
Winnebago (2-1) takes on Custer, SD (1-1) at the Lakota Nation Invitational in Rapid City, SD Wednesday evening.
I look for the Indians to have a good showing in this contest and keep things respectable.
I think Winnebago is a better team than what they showed against Omaha Nation, and will be out to prove it.
The Indians may or may not win on Wednesday, but this is a great experience for these players, coaches, and fans.
Not many programs get to play in out of state tournaments like this. This is truly special for the Indians.
Winnebago needs to play well with Pender coming up next Thursday at Ralston Arena though.
The Indians can't afford to play poorly in this Invitational if they hope to gain any momentum for the matchup with the Pendragons.
Regardless, what an exciting time this is for this program.
This is great exposure for these kids, and will give them an idea of what big time basketball is all about.
A lot of people in South Dakota and the Omaha Metro will learn a lot about Winnebago Girls Basketball in the next week and-a-half so the Indians have to do their best to play good basketball and represent their school well.
This a big and important time of the young season for Winnebago. There's a need for the Indians to play well, and take some steps in the right direction in building the program.
If Winnebago can win a game or two in this week's tournament it could help them out heading into the Pender game.
Wednesday's game is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. at the Civic Center.
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