The Tri-Center Trojans picked up a couple of road wins on Monday night at Griswold. The former Western Iowa Conference mates squared off in a basketball doubleheader with the Trojans winning the girls game 51-36 and the boys game 66-33.

The girls game was a tight contest in the first half. The squads were tied at 8 at the end of the 1st quarter, then both team went on 8-0 runs to square it back at 16 all. Tri-Center edged out to a 2 point lead by the half at 22-20. The Trojans were able to extend that lead to 10 by the end of the third and held off the Tigers the rest of the way. Senior Lilly Dahir led the Trojans with 15 points and sophomore Presley Pogge came off the bench to score 13. Tri-Center improved to 6-9 on the season and Griswold fell to 10-6. The Tigers were led by 15 points from Brittney Beebe.

Tri-Center raced out to an early lead in the boys game and built their advantage the rest of the way. The Trojans were up 21-5 by the end of the 1st and led 32-13 at halftime. The lead grew to 26 by the end of the third quarter and the largest lead became 34 down the stretch. The Trojans move back above .500 with an 8-7 record. Griswold falls to 2-12. Tri-Center was led by 19 points from sophomore Leyton Nelson. Griswold had two finish with 11 points on the night, junior Sage Archibald and sophomore Jayden Amend.