In Thursday's league outing, the Maquoketa Valley Wildcats (Delhi, IA) basketball squad beat the visiting Springville Orioles (Springville, IA), by a margin of 67-50.

The Wildcats (6-2) will now prepare for their outing against Central City (Central City, IA). The Wildcats go into the Tri-Rivers outing with a 2-7 record. In their last outing, Central City was topped by East Buchanan (Winthrop, IA), 54-33, in a league outing.

The Orioles now hold a 5-4 record. They play next when they host Edgewood-Colesburg for a Tri-Rivers bout on Tuesday, January 2. Springville will play a Vikings squad coming off a 74-32 non-league loss to Beckman (Dyersville, IA). The Vikings record now stands at 2-9.