The South Sioux City Cardinals had to kick off their season on the road on Thursday, but they showed no ill effects. They put the hurt on Sioux City North with a sharp 57-31 win. The squad ran away with 45 points in the first half and mostly just sat on those to pick up the victory.
South Sioux City can attribute much of their success to Brooklyn Heineman, who scored 18 points along with 6 steals and 5 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Bailee Durant, who scored 13 points along with 5 rebounds.
South Sioux City's win bumped their record up to 1-0. As for Sioux City North, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-3.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. South Sioux City will take on Oakland-Craig at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Oakland-Craig focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 23 on Thursday. Sioux City North won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Jefferson at 5:30 p.m. on December 1st.
