The Lowellville Rockets (Lowellville, OH) basketball crushed the visiting Waterloo Vikings (Atwater, OH), 55-31 in Friday's league bout.

The Rockets now possess a 5-9 record. They play next when they host Springfield for a Mahoning Valley - Scarlet bout on Tuesday, January 28. Lowellville will play a Tigers team coming off a 63-24 league loss to McDonald (McDonald, OH). The Tigers record now stands at 7-9.

With the loss, Waterloo falls to 2-12 on the campaign. The Vikings host Jackson-Milton (North Jackson, OH) to play the Bluejays in a Mahoning Valley - Scarlet bout on Tuesday, January 28. The Bluejays go into the bout with a record of 7-9. Jackson-Milton lost 51-46 in their recent league bout against Western Reserve (Berlin Center, OH)