In Friday's league outing, the Mendocino Cardinals (Mendocino, CA) basketball squad beat the host Round Valley Mustangs (Covelo, CA), by a margin of 52-35.

The Cardinals (10-3) will now prepare for their outing against Potter Valley (Potter Valley, CA). The Bearcats go into the North Central III outing with a 0-8 record. In their last outing, Potter Valley was beaten by Laytonville (Laytonville, CA), 60-18, in a league outing.

The Mustangs now own a 7-6 record. They play next when they travel to Point Arena for a North Central III outing on Tuesday, January 16. Round Valley will clash with a Pirates squad coming off a 56-24 non-league win over Calistoga (Calistoga, CA). The Pirates record now stands at 3-6.