In Friday's league outing, the Smithville Smithies (Smithville, OH) basketball squad beat the visiting Rittman Indians (Rittman, OH), by a count of 50-31.

The Smithies (5-8) will now prepare for their outing against Tri-Village (New Madison, OH). The Patriots go into the non-league outing with a 12-1 record. In their last outing, Tri-Village defeated Marion Local (Maria Stein, OH), 52-40, in a non-league outing.

The Indians now hold a 5-7 record. They play next when they host Lake Ridge Academy for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 20. Rittman will clash with a Royals squad coming off a 68-40 non-league loss to HEARTS for Jesus Christ (North Olmsted, OH). The Royals record now stands at 1-9.