The Harris-Lake Park Wolves basketball team (Lake Park, IA), was nudged 54-47 in Thursday's league battle with the host Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union Royals (Marcus, IA)

The Royals now possess a 6-7 record. They put it on the line next when they host West Sioux for a War Eagle battle on Friday, January 27. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union will confront a Falcons team coming off a 59-54 non-league loss to West Lyon (Inwood, IA). The Falcons record now stands at 11-4.

The Wolves (2-10) will now prepare for their battle against Akron-Westfield (Akron, IA). The Westerners come into the War Eagle battle with a 5-11 record. In their last battle, Akron-Westfield was nudged by Hinton (Hinton, IA), 50-48, in a league battle.