The South O'Brien Wolverines bounced the visiting Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Hawks basketball squad by a final score of 68-40 in Tuesday's league outing.

Next, the Wolverines clash with the Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute (Mapleton, IA) in a non-league outing, on Thursday, December 19. South O'Brien will attempt to upgrade on its 3-2 season record. The enter the outing with a 2-3 record after their 62-60 league loss to Woodbury Central (Moville, IA).

The Hawks (2-5) will now prepare for their outing against St. Mary's (Remsen, IA). The Hawks enter the War Eagle outing with a 4-1 record. In their last outing, St. Mary's was overwhelmed by West Lyon (Inwood, IA), 59-41, in a non-league outing.