Before the season takes off, both of the Winside girls and boys teams played a single game during week one of NSAA winter sports competition.
From Wynot, the Winside girls basketball team suffered a 61-19 loss while the Wildcat boys dropped a 74-33 decision against the Blue Devils. Both teams are 0-1.
In girls action, Ellie Topp (seven boards) and Hadleigh Schutt (five steals) both scored seven points.
Aftyn Shutt grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds.
During the boys game, Jahiem Hamik posted a team-high 11 points (2-7 3PT), six rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Carter Krause followed with nine points as Tyler Paulsen added five boards.
The Winside girls and boys will next play three home games in six days starting with Homer (Dec. 11 at 6/8 p.m.). Other games include Bloomfield (Dec. 12 at 6/8 p.m.) and Newman Grove/St. Ed (Dec. 16 at 5:30/7:30 p.m.).
