The Orangeville Broncos basketball team (Orangeville, IL), dropped 61-47 in Saturday's league battle with the host Dakota Indians (Dakota, IL)

The Indians now possess a 7-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Pearl City for a Northwest Upstate Illini - North battle on Thursday, January 4. Dakota will confront a Wolves team coming off a 47-36 non-league loss to Lena-Winslow (Lena, IL). The Wolves record now stands at 3-7.

The Broncos (3-9) will now prepare for their battle against Durand (Durand, IL). The Bulldogs come into the Northwest Upstate Illini - North battle with a 10-3 record. In their last battle, Durand beat Alden-Hebron (Hebron, IL), 71-37, in a non-league battle.