The North Butler Bearcats (Greene, IA) basketball edged the host Nashua-Plainfield Huskies (Nashua, IA), 45-44 in Saturday's league bout.

The Bearcats now possess a 2-3 record. They play next when they travel to Hampton-Dumont for a non-league bout on Monday, January 6. North Butler will play a Bulldogs team coming off a 46-37 non-league loss to St. Ansgar (St. Ansgar, IA). The Bulldogs record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Nashua-Plainfield falls to 4-4 on the campaign. The Huskies travel to Tripoli (Tripoli, IA) to play the Panthers in a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. The Panthers go into the bout with a record of 1-7. Tripoli won 56-54 in their recent non-league bout against Rockford (Rockford, IA)