The West Sioux Falcons basketball team (Hawarden, IA), was nudged 54-50 in Thursday's non-league battle with the host Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute (Mapleton, IA)

The now sport a 1-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Woodbury Central for a Western Valley - North battle on Tuesday, December 12. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute will battle a Wildcats team coming off a 64-44 league loss to Westwood (Sloan, IA). The Wildcats record now stands at 0-4.

The Falcons (0-4) will now prepare for their battle against Alcester-Hudson (Alcester, SD). The Cubs come into the non-league battle with a 1-1 record. In their last battle, Alcester-Hudson edged Menno (Menno, SD), 64-39, in a league battle.