In Thursday's league outing, the Maroa-Forsyth Trojans (Maroa, IL) basketball squad edged the visiting Olympia Spartans (Stanford, IL), by a count of 62-56.

The Trojans (15-4) will now prepare for their outing against Monticello (Monticello, IL). The Sages go into the non-league outing with a 8-12 record. In their last outing, Monticello held off Paxton-Buckley-Loda (Paxton, IL), 48-19, in a league outing.

The Spartans now hold a 12-8 record. They play next when they host Midwest Central/Delavan for a non-league outing on Monday, January 15.