The Minneapolis Lions (Minneapolis, KS) basketball edged the visiting Ellsworth Bearcats (Ellsworth, KS), 45-42 in Friday's league bout.

The Lions now possess a 6-2 record. They play next when they host Lyons for a North Central AA bout on Tuesday, January 28. Minneapolis will play a Lions team coming off a 50-19 non-league loss to Kingman (Kingman, KS). The Lions record now stands at 1-9.

With the loss, Ellsworth falls to 6-4 on the campaign. The Bearcats host Pratt (Pratt, KS) to play the Greenbacks in a non-league bout on Saturday, January 25. The Greenbacks go into the bout with a record of 7-2. Pratt won 55-33 in their recent non-league bout against LaCrosse (LaCrosse, KS)