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The Pirates boys and girls basketball teams both lost close games tonight to the Webster Tigers in Grantsburg.

The girls dropped their fifth game of the year by the final of 55-52. The Pirates trailed 31-21 at the half, rallied big time in the fourth with some intense defense, but they fell short putting their record at 1-5 overall and 0-2 in the West Lakeland conference.

The boys game was very similar to the girls. The Tigers built a 10 point halftime lead and escaped with the victory. Grantsburg got within one during the third quarter and within two with about fifteen seconds to go in the game, but Webster stayed calm and finished the game out with some clutch free throw shooting down the stretch.

The senior-less Pirates now fall from the ranks of the undefeated in Wisconsin and go to 4-1, 1-1 in the West Lakeland conference. Webster is now on top at 2-0.

In regards to the boys game, I feel like both teams are pretty good, but not great. If these two teams were in last year's conference there is no way they'd be contending for the top spot. That's just my humble, but accurate, opinion.