The Edgewood-Colesburg Vikings basketball team (Edgewood, IA), was nudged 53-50 in Monday's non-league battle with the host Central Warriors (Elkader, IA)

The Warriors now sport a 3-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Turkey Valley for a Upper Iowa battle on Tuesday, December 19. Central will battle a Trojans team coming off a 60-29 league win over West Central (Maynard, IA). The Trojans record now stands at 3-3.

The Vikings (1-8) will now prepare for their battle against Starmont (Arlington, IA). The Stars come into the Tri-Rivers battle with a 1-6 record. In their last battle, Starmont was nudged by Springville (Springville, IA), 54-51, in a league battle.