On Thursday, the Battle Spartans came up short against the Fair Grove Eagles and fell 57-47. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Eagles are ranked ninth).
Battle's loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Fair Grove, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Battle didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 57-56 defeat against Republic on the 24th. Fair Grove has also already played their next game, a 62-58 win against Troy-Buchanan on the 24th.
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