In Friday's league outing, the Minarets Mustangs (O'Neals, CA) basketball squad edged the host Riverdale Cowboys (Riverdale, CA), by a count of 69-65.

The Mustangs (8-12) will now prepare for their outing against Fowler (Fowler, CA). The Redcats go into the Northwest Sequoia outing with a 11-8 record. In their last outing, Fowler was tipped by Mendota (Mendota, CA), 55-53, in a non-league outing.

The Cowboys now hold a 6-10 record. They play next when they host Sierra for a Northwest Sequoia outing on Tuesday, January 17. Riverdale will clash with a Chieftains squad coming off a 72-64 league win over Fresno Christian (Fresno, CA). The Chieftains record now stands at 14-4.