In Friday's league outing, the Warner Monarchs (Warner, SD) basketball squad edged the visiting Britton-Hecla Braves (Britton, SD), by a count of 46-45.

The Monarchs (6-4) will now prepare for their outing against Aberdeen Christian (Aberdeen, SD). The Knights go into the B Region 1 outing with a 10-0 record. In their last outing, Aberdeen Christian held off White River (White River, SD), 87-68, in a non-league outing.

The Braves now hold a 1-9 record. They play next when they host Waverly/South Shore for a B Region 1 outing on Saturday, January 21. Britton-Hecla will clash with a Coyotes squad coming off a 58-34 league win over Wilmot (Wilmot, SD). The Coyotes record now stands at 3-5.