In Friday's league outing, the Jonesport-Beals Royals (Jonesport, ME) basketball squad edged the visiting Shead Tigers (Eastport, ME), by a margin of 34-28.

The Royals (3-8) will now prepare for their outing against Bangor Christian (Bangor, ME). The Patriots go into the non-league outing with a 0-8 record. In their last outing, Bangor Christian was tipped by Machias (Machias, ME), 46-20, in a non-league outing.

The Tigers now own a 0-8 record. They play next when they host Machias for a D North outing on Monday, January 16. Shead will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 46-36 league win over Deer Isle-Stonington (Deer Isle, ME). The Bulldogs record now stands at 7-1.