The task at hand was a tall one for the WACO basketball teams on Friday when they faced off with West Burlington squads sitting on top of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Divisions and the Warriors fell in a pair of contests. 

The Warrior girls were in striking distance against the Falcons trailing just 32-31 at half. An 18-10 third quarter proved to be enough to keep WACO at arm’s length and the Falcons (16-1) came out on top 62-54. McKenna Marlow led all scorers with 21 points. WACO’s Ellah Kissell managed 18 points, Grace Coble had 14, and Morgan Graber 14. 

A similar story played out in the boys’ game with the score tied at 28 at half and WACO trailing just 38-37 after three. The Falcons (12-4) wore down the Warriors in the fourth with a 20-6 quarter that resulted in a 58-43 final. Isaac Oswald connected on six of 13 shots to finish with 15 points. Simeon Reichenbach added 15 points and 12 rebounds while Hunter Hughes chipped in with 11 points. 

The WACO girls drop to 5-11 and the boys are now 1-13.