The Winnebago Boys Basketball Team knocked off Guardian Angels Central Catholic 80-64 on the road Friday night before winning 68-55 over Norfolk Catholic in the C1-5 Sub-District Semifinals at Norfolk High Tuesday night.
The Indians led the Bluejays 17-15 after one, and outscored GACC 23-9 in the 2nd quarter to take a 40-24 lead into the locker room.
Winnebago won the 3rd quarter 21-16 to extend the lead to 61-40 at the end of three.
The Bluejays won the 4th quarter 24-19.
Ed Payer set a new school record with 10 3's and had 36 points on the night.
Winnebago led the Knights 42-22 at halftime. Norfolk Catholic outscored the Indians 33-26 in the 2nd half.
Two good wins for Winnebago as they try and make state for the 4th year in a row.
The Indians (19-5) take on Pierce (10-12) in the Sub-District Final Thursday night.
The Bluejays upset Wayne 40-29 in the other Sub-District Semifinal Tuesday night.
I think Pierce could give Winnebago a game, but I think the Indians will be too strong and too much for the Bluejays.
Right now Winnebago sits 2nd in power points in Class C-1, and is in a good position to make state, but if they lose to Pierce, and Battle Creek loses to Lutheran High Northeast, then it could be interesting.
Reason being a loss by the Braves drops them a division and a loss to the Bluejays would really hurt the Indians' power points.
Win the sub-district final, and lose the district final to Boone Central/Newman Grove or Broken Bow and Winnebago should still make it to state with a wildcard.
Of course I'm sure the Indians would just assume win their way into state by winning a sub-district and district title, like they've done the other 3 times they've made state.
Winnebago has had a tendency to start fast, and get out to a big lead, and then let teams come back and make games closer than they should over these last couple of games.
The Indians have to turn in dominant performances from start to finish like they did at the beginning of the season.
If Winnebago is to do anything at state that is definitely something the Indians are going to need to do, in my opinion.
Winnebago has to come out and put up a big dent in the scoreboard Thursday night, and take Pierce out of the game early.
The Indians are great, and can do big things at state this year I would say, but Winnebago has to finish off opponents better in the 2nd half.
I'm sure some of that is due to playing backups, but still the Indians have to be more dominant in the second half of games they lead big.
You just don't want to get into the habit of letting teams come back on you in the second half of games.
That will eventually comeback to bite and haunt you.
Thursday night's game between Winnebago and Pierce is set to tip-off at 6:00 p.m.
Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
I would suggest getting there early as there could be a pretty big crowd.
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