With boys and girls basketball facing off against Elsberry this coming Saturday (11/23), this week’s extracurricular of the week is basketball. November 4th was this year’s kickoff to winter sports and both the girls and boys basketball teams have been practicing hard since then. Winfield’s basketball teams have also recently been talked up in The Lincoln County Journal with all teams being excited about their upcoming seasons. Basketball has one of the longest running seasons of all the sports with it beginning in early November and districts in late February. When I recently asked  a student what his favorite thing was about basketball, sophomore Austin Carson said he enjoys playing the sport with some of his best friends. You can go watch the boys and girls basketball teams kick off their seasons this Saturday with the boys playing away at Elsberry and the girls playing at home.