Area teams continue to impress on the basketball court and are being recognized in state rankings for their efforts. The Winfield-Mount Union Wolves remained unbeaten going into the holidays and hopped up two spots to number 11 in the Class 1A state poll from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. WMU has been ranked in the top 15 since the preseason, but thanks to a dominant defense that gives up only 24 points per game, the Wolves have lived up to expectations and are 10-0 ahead of taking on the Hillcrest Academy Ravens Tuesday night. You can hear that game on AM 1380 and 102.5 FM KCII.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association is putting out rankings for boys’ basketball for the first time this season, and the WACO Warriors debuted at #5 in 1A. WACO is 8-0 thanks to an electric offense that puts up better than 71 points a game. Junior guard Hunter Hughes has been integral to the Warriors’ success by averaging more than 18 points per contest and recording the fifth-most steals in the state. WACO returns to action Tuesday evening against Louisa-Muscatine.