In Thursday's league outing, the De Soto Pirates (De Soto, WI) basketball squad edged the visiting North Crawford Trojans (Soldiers Grove, WI), by a margin of 55-51.

The Pirates (17-7) will now prepare for their outing against Cassville (Cassville, WI). The Comets go into the non-league outing with a 7-17 record. In their last outing, Cassville was tipped by River Ridge (Patch Grove, WI), 80-32, in a league outing.

The Trojans now own a 20-4 record. They play next when they host Weston for a Ridge & Valley outing on Tuesday, February 27. North Crawford will clash with a Silver Eagles squad coming off a 59-52 league loss to Kickapoo (Viola, WI). The Silver Eagles record now stands at 6-17.