Winnebago Basketball Preview

Team: Winnebago

Mascot: Indians

Colors: Blue and White

Class: C-1

Conference: Lewis and Clark

Head Coach: Jeff Berridge (6th season) (120-21 career record)

2017-2018 record: 22-7 (lost to Wahoo in State Championship)

Returning Starters: N/A

Overview:

The Winnebago Boys Basketball Team looks for more success this year after making state in each of the past four seasons, winning it all in 2015 and finishing runner-up last year.

Key contributors for the Indians this year figure to be T.J. Frenchman (6'0, SR G), Jeriah Greyowl (5'10, PG/SG), Ed Payer (6'0, JR PG/SG), and Willy Wingett (6'6, JR C).

It looks like Winnebago should have some good size and athleticism, but I don't know if the Indians will be nearly as good as they have been in the past.

I also wonder if Tyrese Gorrin is out for the team this year as he's not listed on the roster on MaxPreps.

Winnebago has had a lot of success in recent past, and this team has a lot to live up to there's no doubt about that.

The Indians lost their Jamboree Game to Omaha South, 80-49, but the Packers are a solid Class A school.

Season Outlook:

The Winnebago Boys look to continue their winning ways of the past this season.

The Indians have a difficult schedule, and there are quite a few teams, especially early on, that I could see Winnebago having issues with.

We will truly find out what the Indians are made of this year and how they respond to adversity.

Winnebago has had some great teams in the past, but I don't know if this team will be nearly as good.

The Indians just have to work hard everyday and get better, and play their hearts out and do everything they can to win.

Winnebago opens up the season at Homer on Thursday.

The Indians are in Sub-District C1-7 with Wayne, Pierce, Norfolk Catholic, and O'Neill.

2018-2019 Winnebago Indians Boys Basketball Schedule:

11/29/18 @ Homer
11/30/18 Walthill
12/06/18 Omaha Nation
12/11/18 Oakland-Craig
12/18/18 @ O'Neill
12/21/18 Norfolk Catholic
12/27-12/29 (To Be Determined) Shootout On the Elkhorn Wisner
01/04/19 @ Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
01/08/19 @ Emerson-Hubbard
01/11/19 Wynot
01/15/19 @ Ponca
01/19/19 CB St. Albert, IA Site: Ralston Ralston
01/22/19 BRLD
01/24/19 @ Pender
01/25-02/04 (To Be Determined) Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament Host Sites/LCC Finals/TBA
02/05/19 Wakefield
02/08/19 @ Crow Creek, SD
02/09/19 Little Wound, SD Site: Crow Creek Crow Creek
02/15/19 Guardian Angels Central Catholic

Team: Winnebago

Mascot: Indians

Colors: Blue and White

Class: C-2

Conference: Lewis and Clark

Co-Head Coaches: Treivan Bear and Robert Stoner

2017-2018 record: 9-12 (lost to Pierce in Sub-Districts)

Returning Starters: 2

Overview:

The Winnebago Girls Basketball Team looks to build on last year's success and have even more of it this year.

The Indians have new coaches this year in Co-Head Coaches Treivan Bear and Robert Stoner.

Bear has been a Youth Sports Coach in Winnebago the past 6 years.

The Indians have two returning starters in Kae Earth (5'8, SR F) and Jayla Price (5'7, JR G).

Natasha Deal (5'8, SO G) will be a key role player, according to Coach Bear, and Madeline Cleveland (6'0, SO G/F) is a newcomer.

Other girls who I think could make an impact are Tia YellowThunder (5'6, JR G), Shaylee Kearnes (5'5, SR G), Jaidan Payer (5'9, JR F/C), Kiana Lewis (5'8, JR C), and Daelyn Zagurksi (5'8, SR PF/C).

I think Winnebago has a chance to be really good this year given all the veteran experience they bring back.

This team did some nice things last year, and I look for them to continue to build on that this season.

Bear says the Girls are all in. "The girls are all buying into the goal. And you see that passion and effort and intensity, and it's great. They're all buying into the direction that we want the team to head."

The Indians beat Class A Omaha South 71-27 in their Jamboree game so this team appears to be headed in the right direction for sure.

I think expectations have to be high for Winnebago, and they have to expect to be very good,

The Indians have to expect to win every time they take the court, and must not accept losing.

I feel that with the boys perhaps being a bit down this year it is the Girls' time to shine and rise up, and make some noise.

Winnebago has the pieces in place to have a great season, in my opinion, now it's just a matter of going out there and dominating and making it happen.

I feel the Indians are in the works of building something special, and this team has to have high hopes and dream big.

No mountain is too tall to climb, and no dream is too big.

Season Outlook:

The Winnebago Girls look and figure to be a force to be reckoned with this season.

The Indians have a bunch of games on their schedule that can be wins, in my opinion, it's just a matter of how well the team comes together and how hard they work in my estimation.

Winnebago opens up the season at Homer on Thursday.

Winnebago is in Sub-District C2-7 with Hartington Cedar Catholic, Ponca, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, and Homer. 

Bear says the Trojans and Ponca figure to be extremely tough. "Yeah no doubt. Those teams are always good. They play disciplined, they play patient. They hustle on the hustle plays. And teams are kind of hard to come by and it's hard to coach so those teams are going to be tough, they're always tough."

As they say though to be the best you have to beat the best, and certainly Winnebago will try and be giant slayers this season.

If the Indians can have a good regular season I think they could potentially do enough to make a Sub-State game should they not win their Sub-District.

It won't be easy though as C-2 is loaded this year.

Bear says the team wants to make a name for themselves and alter people's perception of Winnebago when it comes to Basketball. "I think the girls decided that they want to go to the State Tournament. Just to really improve from last season and make basketball known from Winnebago. I think the girls feel like they've kind of been left out of the talks when it comes to basketball in the town because when people hear Winnebago it's all about the boys. And that's great, but the girls, they want to put their name in their too, and make people know that basketball's what we do here in Winnebago."

The Indians will certainly have the opportunity to do just that this season, and I'm really excited to see what Winnebago can do this year.

The Indians certainly got off on the right foot in their Jamboree game, and I'm interested to see how that carries over to the Homer game Thursday night.

I think the season has the potential to be great for Winnebago.

The girls have to dream big and believe in themselves.

The Indians can't back down from any challenge or be afraid of anyone.

2018-2019 Winnebago Indians Girls Basketball Schedule:

11/29/18 @ Homer

11/30/18 Walthill

12/06/18 Omaha Nation

12/11/18 Oakland-Craig

12/13/18 Guardian Angels Central Catholic

12/18/18 @ O'Neill

12/21/18 Norfolk Catholic

12/27-12/29 (To Be Determined) Shootout On the Elkhorn Wisner

01/04/19 @ Laurel-Concord-Coleridge

01/08/19 @ Emerson-Hubbard

01/11/19 Wynot

01/15/19 @ Ponca

01/22/19 BRLD

01/24/19 @ Pender

01/26-02/04 (To Be Determined) Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament Host Sites/LCC Finals/TBA

02/05/19 Wakefield-Allen

02/08/19 @ Crow Creek, SD

02/09/19 McLaughlin, SD Site: Crow Creek Crow Creek