In Tuesday's league outing, the Eastside Spartans (Coeburn, VA) basketball squad beat the visiting J.I. Burton Black Raiders (Norton, VA), by a margin of 60-49.

The Spartans (5-6) will now prepare for their outing against Castlewood (Castlewood, VA). The Blue Devils go into the Cumberland outing with a 0-13 record. In their last outing, Castlewood was topped by Hurley (Hurley, VA), 59-42, in a non-league outing.

The Black Raiders now own a 5-2 record. They play next when they host Twin Springs for a Cumberland outing on Friday, January 13. J.I. Burton will clash with a Titans squad coming off a 70-41 league win over Thomas Walker (Ewing, VA). The Titans record now stands at 8-4.