The Greene County High School girls and boys basketball teams hit the road tonight and face the Kuemper Catholic teams at Kuemper High School in Carroll for the Iowa Hall of Pride Scrimmages. The girls play at 6 p.m. with the boys to follow. These are scrimmages and won’t count on the win/loss record, but they are played like a real game with teams in uniforms, licensed officials working the games, and fans paying admission.

Chris Nelson is the boys’ head coach at Greene County and talked with Raccoon Valley Radio about the scrimmage and how he views it whether they win or lose. “We’re really excited to play. Usually you have three weeks before you actually get a game. Kuemper’s always good, so it’ll be a really good measuring point early in the season to see where we’re at. Since it’s a scrimmage, the win or loss doesn’t matter, but it’s a game setting, so we’re going to want to win. If we happen to lose, it’s not an end-all thing, but it should give us a good idea of what we need to do better.”

The start of the regular season for the Greene County teams is still a ways away. The girls open at Ogden on Nov. 27 and the boys open in Jefferson vs. Gilbert on Dec. 1.