In Friday's league outing, the Beloit Trojans (Beloit, KS) basketball squad edged the visiting Ellsworth Bearcats (Ellsworth, KS), by a margin of 43-41.

The Trojans (4-1) will now prepare for their outing against Osborne (Osborne, KS). The Bulldogs go into the non-league outing with a 0-5 record. In their last outing, Osborne was tipped by Ellis (Ellis, KS), 59-22, in a league outing.

The Bearcats now own a 4-2 record. They take the field next when they host Russell for a North Central AA outing on Tuesday, January 5. Ellsworth will encounter a Broncos squad coming off a 44-38 league loss to Republic County (Belleville, KS). The Broncos record now stands at 3-3.