The Cleveland Clippers (Cleveland, MN) basketball nipped the visiting Martin County West Mavericks (Sherburn, MN), 56-53 in Monday's league test.

The Clippers (3-1) will now prepare for their test against Madelia (Madelia, MN). The Blackhawks go into the A Section 2 outing with a 3-3 record. In their last outing, Madelia was tipped by United South Central (Wells, MN), 53-32, in a non-league outing.

The Mavericks now hold a 1-4 record. They play next when they host Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial for a non-league outing on Thursday, December 14. Martin County West will clash with a Knights squad coming off a 67-40 non-league win over Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Martin Luther/Truman (Granada, MN). The Knights record now stands at 3-0.