The Aplington-Parkersburg Falcons bounced the visiting South Hardin Tigers basketball squad by a final score of 68-45 in Thursday's non-league outing.

Next, the Falcons clash with the Grundy Center Spartans (Grundy Center, IA) in a non-league outing, on Friday, January 3. Aplington-Parkersburg will attempt to upgrade on its 7-0 season record. The Spartans come into the outing with a 5-0 record after their 72-65 league win over East Marshall (Le Grand, IA).

The Tigers (5-2) will now prepare for their outing against AGWSR (Ackley, IA). The Cougars come into the non-league outing with a 2-5 record. In their last outing, AGWSR was overwhelmed by Dike-New Hartford (Dike, IA), 53-30, in a non-league outing.