On Tuesday, Jan. 26 the Howar Junior High seventh grade boys basketball team defeated Chariton in the “A” game with a score of 50-17 with Connor Scully leading with 14 points followed by Blake Dabney with 12 and Graydon Schmidt with six points.

The “B” team also won with a score of 9-6 with Lane Hatfield scoring four points, and Justin Romans and Dayton Belloma each with two points.

On Jan. 28 the boys were defeated by Albia 50-29 with Schmidt leading with 11 points followed by Garrett McGrann with eight and Scully with four. “We started off really well. We just couldn’t hold it together, which is something we need to work on,” said Coach Alan Huisman.

In the “B” game Centerville won 23-19 with Hatfield scoring seven points followed by Devon Glosser with six and Quinn McClurg with four points.

The “B” team has only lost one game this season.