The Indianola girls and boys basketball teams will not only face a gauntlet of teams on their quest for a Little Hawkeye Conference title, but both teams will face one of the state’s most competitive non-conference schedules. The Indians will match up with Southeast Polk, Johnston, Carlisle, Ankeny, and Waukee in doubleheaders this season, and girls head coach Jeff Janssen said it will be a test and will make them better by the end of the season.

“This is the hardest non-conference schedule that I’ve had in my five years here. So we are going to learn a lot about our team early in the year and especially throughout early January but we are excited about what is to come for our team this year.”

Both squads get back into action Tuesday hosting Southeast Polk.