The Highwood Mustangs Varsity girls suffered their first loss of the high school basketball season Monday, December 17, as they fell 57-48 to the Strathmore Spartans.

On the other side of town, the Spartans Varsity boys team took out the Notre Dame Collegiate Timberwolves 89-52.

And in Okotoks, the Holy Trinity Academy Knights bumped off the Holy Cross Collegiate Hawks out of Strathmore, 89-40.

Junior Varsity basketball squads take the spotlight in high school basketball Tuesday, December 18, around the Foothills.

The Notre Dame Collegiate Timberwolves Junior girls out of High River are in Black Diamond for a date with the Oilfields Drillers.

It's the battle of the Spartans at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir with the STS JV girls are hosting Strathmore.

And in Okotoks the HTA Knights welcome the Foothills Falcons JV boys and girls teams.

And the Highwood Mustangs grade nine teams are in action as well, with the boys and girls heading to DeWinton to take on Heritage Heights.