The Columbus Cardinals (Columbus, WI) basketball nipped the visiting Waterloo Pirates (Waterloo, WI), 64-61 in Monday's non-league test.

The Cardinals (6-3) will now prepare for their test against Platteville (Platteville, WI). The Hillmen go into the non-league test with a 4-2 record. In their last test, Platteville got by Fennimore (Fennimore, WI), 94-29, in a non-league test.

The Pirates now own a 2-5 record. They play next when they travel to Lake Mills for a non-league test on Thursday, December 21. Waterloo will encounter a L-Cats squad coming off a 84-75 non-league loss to Waunakee (Waunakee, WI). The L-Cats record now stands at 4-1.