The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the New London-Spicer Wildcats (New London, MN) and the visiting Redwood Valley Cardinals (Redwood Falls, MN), witnessed New London-Spicer's basketball squad hold off Redwood Valley by a count of 73-72.

With the victory, New London-Spicer advances its record to 2-3 on the year. The Wildcats travel to Rockford (Rockford, MN) to face the Rockets in a non-league match on Friday, December 12. The Rockets enter the match with a record of 1-0. Rockford won 61-49 in their recent non-league match against Kimball (Kimball, MN)

The Cardinals now own a 0-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Pipestone for a AA Section 3 contest on Friday, December 12. Redwood Valley will battle a Arrows team coming off a 65-55 non-league win over Murray County Central (Slayton, MN). The Arrows record now stands at 1-2.