In Friday's league outing, the Ashton-Franklin Center Raiders (Ashton, IL) basketball squad beat the visiting Forreston Cardinals (Forreston, IL), by a margin of 42-33.

The Raiders (15-8) will now prepare for their outing against Amboy (Amboy, IL). The Clippers go into the non-league outing with a 17-6 record. In their last outing, Amboy was topped by Eastland (Lanark, IL), 48-45, in a league outing.

The Cardinals now own a 5-16 record. They play next when they travel to Genoa-Kingston for a non-league outing on Monday, January 22. Forreston will clash with a Cogs squad coming off a 43-30 non-league win over Harvest Christian Academy (Elgin, IL). The Cogs record now stands at 8-12.