The Brookside Cardinals (Sheffield, OH) basketball nipped the host Oberlin The Phoenix (Oberlin, OH), 69-63 in Tuesday's league test.

The Cardinals (11-8) will now prepare for their test against Wellington (Wellington, OH). The Dukes go into the Lorain County 8 test with a 2-14 record. In their last test, Wellington was tipped by Black River (Sullivan, OH), 52-49, in a league test.

The The Phoenix now own a 8-12 record. They play next when they travel to Clearview for a Lorain County 8 test on Friday, February 10. Oberlin will encounter a Clippers squad coming off a 68-51 league win over Keystone (La Grange, OH). The Clippers record now stands at 10-10.