Sports Calendar: December 5

It's a new day and we'll see more action scheduled for Thursday evening. Basketball and wrestling will be in action for Thursday.

Wrestling

The Red Oak wrestling team makes its 2013-14 season debut Thursday night when they travel to Missouri Valley to take part in a double-dual versus Missouri Valley and Denison-Schleswig. The action starts at 5:30 p.m.

This will also be the first regular season dual for Missouri Valley. Denison-Schleswig started their season Tuesday, losing duals to Westwood and Sergeant Bluff-Luton.

Elsewhere, both the Southwest Valley and East Mills wrestling teams will be in action Thursday night. Southwest Valley will host a varsity meet against East Mills, Clarke and Mount Ayr. The first match starts at 5:30 p.m. in Corning.

Finally, Griswold starts their wrestling season with a double-dual against Audubon and Atlantic. The meet starts at 5:30 p.m. at CAM High School.

Basketball

A couple of area basketball teams will be in action Thursday night.

Stanton will be home once again as they host Riverside as part of a doubleheader. The action starts at 6 p.m. with the girls game. The boys will follow afterward.

Both Stanton teams are coming off wins Tuesday night at home versus Essex.

The Viqueens (2-0) defeated Essex 58-30, while the Vikings (1-0) won 50-34.

This will be the first game of the season for the Riverside boys basketball team. The girls team kicked off their season Monday night, losing 58-30 to Kuemper Catholic.

This will be the first of back-to-back games for both Stanton teams. They will play Friday night.

East Mills will also be home Thursday night when they host Underwood for a varsity doubleheader. The action starts at 6 p.m.

Both East Mills teams are coming off blowout wins from Tuesday night against South Page. The girls won 54-25, while the boys won 88-28. The two teams will try for their second win of the season.

Both Underwood teams are 1-0 to start the season. They swept Fremont-Mills in a doubleheader Tuesday night.