The Joppa-Maple Grove Rangers basketball team (Joppa, IL), dropped 45-33 in Monday's league battle with the visiting Shawnee Redskins (Wolf Lake, IL)

The Redskins now possess a 3-7 record. They put it on the line next when they host Elverado/Zeigler-Royalton for a South Egyptian battle on Thursday, January 11. Shawnee will confront a team coming off a 57-33 non-league loss to Century (Ullin, IL). The record now stands at 2-17.

The Rangers (0-7) will now prepare for their battle against Meridian (Mounds, IL). The Bobcats come into the South Egyptian battle with a 11-6 record. In their last battle, Meridian beat Pope County (Golconda, IL), 49-43, in a non-league battle.