The South O'Brien Wolverines basketball team (Paullina, IA), was nudged 51-50 in Monday's league battle with the visiting West Sioux Falcons (Hawarden, IA)

The Falcons now possess a 2-18 record. They put it on the line next when they host Gehlen Catholic for a War Eagle battle on Tuesday, February 6. West Sioux will confront a Jays team coming off a 56-55 non-league loss to Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union (Marcus, IA). The Jays record now stands at 2-19.

The Wolverines (4-16) will now prepare for their battle against Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (Hartley, IA). The Hawks come into the non-league battle with a 12-8 record. In their last battle, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn edged Trinity Christian (Hull, IA), 63-48, in a non-league battle.