The Brookside Cardinals basketball squad (Sheffield, OH), was nudged 87-82 in Saturday's non-league battle with the visiting North Ridgeville Rangers (North Ridgeville, OH)

With the victory, North Ridgeville advances its record to 5-11 on the year. The Rangers travel to Midview (Grafton, OH) to meet the Middies in a Southwestern battle on Tuesday, February 4. The Middies enter the battle with a record of 2-15. Midview lost 77-38 in their recent league battle against Berea-Midpark (Berea, OH)

The Cardinals now own a 10-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Oberlin for a Lorain County 8 battle on Tuesday, February 4. Brookside will meet a The Phoenix squad coming off a 62-38 league loss to Keystone (La Grange, OH). The The Phoenix record now stands at 8-9.