In Friday's league outing, the High Island Cardinals (High Island, TX) basketball squad nipped the visiting Zavalla Eagles (Zavalla, TX), by a margin of 62-61.

The Cardinals (8-11) will now prepare for their outing against Brookeland (Brookeland, TX). The Wildcats go into the 1A Region IV District 28 outing with a 17-7 record. In their last outing, Brookeland got by Leggett (Leggett, TX), 61-40, in a league outing.

The Eagles now own a 2-13 record. They play next when they travel to Goodrich for a 1A Region IV District 28 outing on Tuesday, January 16. Zavalla will encounter a Hornets squad coming off a 76-17 league loss to Spurger (Spurger, TX). The Hornets record now stands at 0-13.