Illinois High School Basketball - Ottawa edges Dixon
January 7, 2011: Dixon, IL 61021 The Ottawa Pirates (Ottawa, IL) basketball nipped the host Dixon Dukes (Dixon, IL), 54-47 in Friday's league test.
The Pirates (8-3) will now prepare for their test against Streator (Streator, IL). The Bulldogs go into the Northern Illinois Big 12 test with a 1-12 record. In their last test, Streator was tipped by Sterling (Sterling, IL), 61-30, in a league test.
The Dukes now own a 5-6 record. They take the field next when they host Geneseo for a Northern Illinois Big 12 test on Tuesday, January 11. Dixon will clash with a Maple Leafs squad coming off a 44-27 league win over LaSalle-Peru (LaSalle, IL). The Maple Leafs record now stands at 8-2.