The West Monona Spartans (Onawa, IA) basketball edged the visiting Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute (Mapleton, IA), 60-58 in Friday's league bout.

The Spartans now possess a 2-1 record. They play next when they travel to Siouxland Christian for a Western Valley - North test on Tuesday, December 9.

The (0-2) will now prepare for their test against Hinton (Hinton, IA). The Blackhawks come into the non-league test with a 1-1 record. In their last test, Hinton was nipped by West Lyon (Inwood, IA), 53-51, in a non-league test.