The Postville Pirates topped the visiting West Central Blue Devils basketball team by a final score of 67-54 in Friday's league game.

In their next game, the Pirates face the Mabel-Canton Cougars (Mabel, MN) in a non-league game, on Monday, January 16. Postville will attempt to move on its 1-11 season record. The Cougars enter the game with a 5-5 record after their 85-36 league loss to Spring Grove (Spring Grove, MN).

With the defeat, West Central moves to 1-7 on the year. The Blue devils host Central (Elkader, IA) to face the Warriors in a Upper Iowa game on Tuesday, January 17. The Warriors enter the game with a record of 3-8. Central lost 36-35 in their recent league game against Kee (Lansing, IA)