In Friday's league outing, the Vinton County Vikings (McArthur, OH) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Wellston Golden Rockets (Wellston, OH), by a count of 71-33.

The Vikings (10-2) will now prepare for their outing against Federal Hocking (Stewart, OH). The Lancers go into the non-league outing with a 8-5 record. In their last outing, Federal Hocking was crushed by South Webster (South Webster, OH), 63-47, in a non-league outing.

The Golden Rockets now hold a 2-9 record. They play next when they travel to Eastern for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 16. Wellston will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 57-52 league loss to Southern (Racine, OH). The Eagles record now stands at 1-11.