In Friday's league outing, the Hall Red Devils (Spring Valley, IL) basketball squad edged the host Bureau Valley Storm (Manlius, IL), by a margin of 57-56.

The Red Devils (8-9) will now prepare for their outing against Reed-Custer (Braidwood, IL). The Comets go into the non-league outing with a 7-12 record. In their last outing, Reed-Custer was tipped by Streator (Streator, IL), 49-36, in a league outing.

The Storm now own a 8-8 record. They play next when they host Eastland for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 20. Bureau Valley will clash with a Cougars squad coming off a 75-53 non-league win over Rockford Christian (Rockford, IL). The Cougars record now stands at 15-6.