In Friday's league outing, the Merrimack Valley The Pride (Penacook, NH) basketball squad overwhelmed the host ConVal Cougars (Peterborough, NH), by a count of 78-57.

The The Pride (4-4) will now prepare for their outing against Plymouth (Plymouth, NH). The Bobcats go into the Division II outing with a 5-2 record. In their last outing, Plymouth was crushed by Kingswood (Wolfeboro, NH), 59-45, in a league outing.

The Cougars now hold a 0-7 record. They play next when they travel to Stark for a Division II outing on Tuesday, January 16. ConVal will clash with a Generals squad coming off a 72-55 league loss to Laconia (Laconia, NH). The Generals record now stands at 2-6.