The Winnebago Boys are 8-1 in their last nine games, downing Tiopsa Zina, SD 94-54 in the first round of the Lakota Nation Invite in Rapid City, SD on Wednesday, December 14th, Eagle Butte, SD 94-31 in the quarterfinals of the Invite on Thursday, December 15th, Pine Ridge, SD 80-57 in the semifinals on Friday, December 16th, and Red Cloud, SD 97-51 in the championship on Saturday, December 17th. The Indians lost 97-86 to Omaha Central at Ralston Arena on Thursday, December 22nd before beating Neligh-Oakdale 94-69 in the first round of the Shootout on the Elkhorn in Wisner last Wednesday, Ponca 60-57 in the Shootout last Thursday, and Lutheran High Northeast 53-51 in the Shootout Championship last Friday. Winnebago won 86-62 at home over Norfolk Catholic Tuesday night.
Winnebago outscored Tiopsa Zina 48-31 in the first half and 46-23 in the second half.
The Indians led Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 55-17 at halftime and won the second half 39-14.
The Eagles led Winnebago 27-22 after one. Omaha Central outscored the Indians 28-15 in the second quarter to take a 55-37 lead into the locker room.
Winnebago outlasted the Eagles 30-19 in the third quarter to make it a 74-67 game at the end of three.
Omaha Central won the fourth quarter 23-19.
The Indians led the Warriors 23-13 after one. Winnebago won the second quarter 21-17 to take a 44-30 lead into the locker room.
The Indians won the third quarter 22-20 to go up 66-50 at the end of three.
Winnebago outscored Neligh-Oakdale 28-19 in the fourth quarter.
The Indians held a 21-13 lead on the Eagles after the first. Lutheran High Northeast outscored Winnebago 13-7 in the second quarter to make it a 28-26 game at halftime.
The Eagles won the third quarter 16-13 to go up 42-41 at the end of the third.
The Indians outlasted Lutheran High Northeast 12-9 in the fourth quarter.
Winnebago led the Knights 25-14 at the end of one. The Indians outscored Norfolk Catholic 25-12 in the second quarter to take a 50-26 lead into the locker room.
Winnebago won the third quarter 23-17 to go up 73-43 after three.
The Knights notched 19 points in the fourth quarter compared to 13 for the Indians.
Winnebago had a couple of close calls in the Shootout on the Elkhorn, but other than that the Indians have played great basketball.
Winnebago (11-1) takes on Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (10-1) on the road Friday night.
The Bears are coming off a 51-46 win at Hartington Cedar Catholic Thursday night.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge is a very good team, and the Indians need to come ready to play Friday night.
I'm not so sure Winnebago played their best games and had their best efforts against Ponca and LHNE.
The Indians can be state champs in C-1 hands down if they play the way they did in the Lakota Nation Invite, against Neligh-Oakdale in the first round of the Shootout on the Elkhorn, and against Norfolk Catholic.
Winnebago just has to play at a high level night in and night out, and continue to work hard and progress and grow as the season goes along.
The Indians haven't had a lot of trouble scoring, but defense has been an issue for Winnebago I would say.
Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.
And if the Indians are to win state this year, I think their defense is going to have to step things up and play better.
Winnebago is certainly a favorite and a front runner to win C-1, but to beat teams like Bishop Neumann, the Indians need to get the job done defensively.
Winnebago has two huge games this weekend...Friday night's game against the Bears and on Saturday at home against Oakland-Craig.
Both teams are very good and could very well knock off the Indians, especially Oakland-Craig, but I think Winnebago has what it takes to find ways to win.
The Indians have a very challenging schedule, yet Winnebago is finding ways to win games, so that is a very good sign.
All that matters in the end is if you win, and so far, the Indians are winning the close games they need to.
The Winnebago Girls are 2-7 in their last nine games, falling 57-32 to Custer, SD in the first round of the Lakota Nation Invite in Rapid City, SD on Wednesday, December 14th, beating Crazy Horse, SD 78-41 at the Invite on Thursday, December 15th, losing 59-39 to Crow Creek, SD at the Invite on Friday, December 16th, and dropping a 67-55 decision to White River, SD at the Invite on Saturday, December 17th. The Indians lost 74-36 to Pender at Ralston Arena on Thursday, December 22nd before downing Neligh-Oakdale 67-46 in the first round of the Shootout on the Elkhorn last Wednesday, losing 62-37 to Pierce in the Shootout last Thursday, falling 67-45 to Wisner-Pilger in the Shootout last Friday, and 45-40 at home to Norfolk Catholic Tuesday night.
The Pendragons led the Indians 24-13 at the end of one. Pender won the second quarter 14-8 to go up 38-21 at halftime.
The Pendragons outscored Winnebago 20-7 in the third quarter to make it a 58-28 game at the end of three.
Pender doubled up the Indians 16-8 in the fourth quarter.
Winnebago led the Warriors 18-8 at the end of one. The Indians and Neligh-Oakdale both scored 17 points in the second quarter to make it a 35-25 game at halftime.
Winnebago outscored the Warriors 17-11 in the third quarter to lead 52-36 after three.
The Indians won the fourth quarter 15-10.
The Bluejays held a 17-9 lead on the Indians after one. Pierce outscored Winnebago 16-7 in the second quarter to take a 33-16 lead into the locker room.
The Bluejays outlasted the Indians 19-8 in the third quarter to go up 52-24 at the end of three.
Winnebago won the fourth quarter 13-10.
The Gators led the Indians 8-6 after one. Wisner-Pilger outscored Winnebago 15-9 in the second quarter to take a 23-15 lead into the locker room.
The Gators won the third quarter 10-9 to go up 33-24 at the end of three.
Wisner-Pilger outlasted the Indians 15-11 in the fourth quarter.
The Knights got out to a 12-9 lead on Winnebago after one. Norfolk Catholic outscored the Indians 11-8 in the second quarter to take a 23-17 lead into the locker room.
Winnebago won the third quarter 10-7 to make it a 30-27 game at the end of three.
The Knights outlasted the Indians 15-13 in the fourth quarter.
Jasmine Colvin had a team-high 11 points while Deona Harris and Allie Frenchman totaled 10 and 7, respectively.
Winnebago has struggled for the most part in their last 9 games. I thought the Indians played well last time out against Norfolk Catholic though.
Winnebago (4-8) takes on Laurel-Concord-Coleridge (2-9) on the road Friday night.
The Bears lost 45-22 at Hartington Cedar Catholic Thursday night.
This is a game the Indians should win. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge has really struggled to score this season, and Winnebago has scored well at times this year.
The Indians haven't been the greatest team defensively, but have held opponents under 50 points in three of their four wins.
I think the Bears are a little bit better than Neligh-Oakdale, but not good enough to knock off Winnebago.
I look for the Indians to win something like 45-31.
Winnebago has a tough home game with Oakland-Craig on Saturday so the Indians really need to get this one on Friday.
You can bet there will be a full gym both nights with the boys games being so big.
So even though fans are probably there to support the boys for the most part, the girls have to be encouraged by having big crowds watch their games.
It honestly has to inspire and fire up Winnebago to play well.
I look for the Indians to play well both nights. Winnebago may not beat the Knights, but I think they will take down the Bears.
The schedule is real tough before the Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament so the Indians need to play well this weekend to help them in other games down the line.
Colvin, Harris, and Frenchman need to have even bigger games against Laurel-Concord-Coleridge and Oakland-Craig than they did against Norfolk Catholic.
I think Winnebago has to be encouraged by their defensive performance against Norfolk Catholic, now it's just a matter of getting the offense going again.
I look for the Indians' defense to lead them in both games this weekend, and I think Saturday's game against Oakland-Craig will be very defensive and low scoring.
The first team to 40 could very well win on Saturday. The same goes for Friday's game.
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