The West Jefferson Roughriders (West Jefferson, OH) basketball nipped the host Cedarville Indians (Cedarville, OH), 44-40 in Wednesday's league test.

The Roughriders (3-8) will now prepare for their test against Catholic Central (Springfield, OH). The Irish go into the Ohio Heritage test with a 6-7 record. In their last test, Catholic Central got by Northeastern (Springfield, OH), 55-26, in a league test.

The Indians now own a 6-5 record. They play next when they travel to East Clinton for a non-league test on Saturday, January 13. Cedarville will encounter a Astros squad coming off a 52-34 non-league loss to Wilmington (Wilmington, OH). The Astros record now stands at 2-12.