In Friday's league outing, the Cascade Cougars (Cascade, IA) basketball squad beat the visiting Northeast Rebels (Goose Lake, IA), by a count of 72-55.

The Cougars (7-3) will now prepare for their outing against Wilton (Wilton, IA). The Beavers go into the River Valley outing with a 7-4 record. In their last outing, Wilton defeated Tipton (Tipton, IA), 51-44, in a league outing.

The Rebels now hold a 7-7 record. They play next when they host West Liberty for a River Valley outing on Saturday, January 20. Northeast will clash with a Comets squad coming off a 61-48 league loss to Mid-Prairie (Wellman, IA). The Comets record now stands at 4-6.