In Friday's league outing, the Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinals (Norris City, IL) basketball squad felled the host Carrier Mills-Stonefort Wildcats (Carrier Mills, IL), by a margin of 61-43.

The Fighting Cardinals (9-8) will now prepare for their outing against Grayville (Grayville, IL). The Bison go into the non-league outing with a 5-10 record. In their last outing, Grayville was beaten by Cisne (Cisne, IL), 86-75, in a league outing.

The Wildcats now own a 1-14 record. They play next when they travel to Pope County for a Greater Egyptian outing on Tuesday, January 17. Carrier Mills-Stonefort will clash with a Pirates squad coming off a 50-33 league win over Hardin County (Elizabethtown, IL). The Pirates record now stands at 12-7.