The Freeman Academy/Marion basketball squad (Freeman, SD), was nudged 53-47 in Tuesday's non-league battle with the host Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Rutland (Ramona, SD)

With the victory, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland advances its record to 1-6 on the year. The Rutland travel to Colman-Egan (Colman, SD) to meet the C-E Hawks in a non-league battle on Thursday, January 9. The C-E Hawks enter the battle with a record of 7-2. Colman-Egan won 71-17 in their recent non-league battle against Baltic (Baltic, SD)

The now own a 2-7 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Avon for a B Region 4 battle on Tuesday, January 14. Freeman Academy/Marion will clash with a Pirates squad coming off a 64-31 non-league loss to Ethan (Ethan, SD). The Pirates record now stands at 5-4.