The Winnebago Indians lost to the South Sioux City Cardinals back in December of 2022, but the Winnebago Indians didn't allow the South Sioux City Cardinals the same satisfaction on Saturday. Winnebago came out on top against South Sioux City by a score of 57-46. The win made it back-to-back wins for Winnebago.
Winnebago was led to victory by Lavelle Smith and Timothy Lapointe. Smith scored 19 points along with seven rebounds, while Lapointe dropped a double-double on 24 points and 11 rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Lapointe has scored at least 25% of Winnebago's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cashus Kearnes, who scored seven points along with six rebounds.
The win got Winnebago back to even at 3-3. As for South Sioux City, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-6.
Winnebago will head out on the road to face off against Norfolk Catholic at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Norfolk Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Friday. South Sioux City will be home for the holidays to greet Cedar Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cedar Catholic presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than South Sioux City in Nebraska (Cedar Catholic is ranked 61st, while South Sioux City is ranked 264th).
