The Southwestern Piasa Birds basketball squad (Piasa, IL), was nudged 32-25 in Thursday's league battle with the visiting North Mac Panthers (Virden, IL)

With the victory, North Mac advances its record to 4-7 on the year. The Panthers travel to Vandalia (Vandalia, IL) to meet the Vandals in a South Central battle on Monday, December 16. The Vandals enter the battle with a record of 7-3. Vandalia lost 66-28 in their recent league battle against Carlinville (Carlinville, IL)

The Piasa Birds now own a 5-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Gillespie for a South Central battle on Monday, December 16. Southwestern will meet a Miners squad coming off a 55-41 league win over Litchfield (Litchfield, IL). The Miners record now stands at 8-3.