In Thursday's non-league outing, the Paton-Churdan Rockets (Churdan, IA) basketball squad edged the visiting Boyer Valley Bulldogs (Dunlap, IA), by a count of 64-62.

The Rockets (1-17) will now prepare for their outing against Madrid (Madrid, IA). The Tigers go into the non-league outing with a 13-3 record. In their last outing, Madrid held off Panorama (Panora, IA), 67-52, in a league outing.

The Bulldogs now hold a 3-14 record. They play next when they travel to Glidden-Ralston for a non-league outing on Friday, January 26. Boyer Valley will clash with a Wildcats squad coming off a 64-39 non-league loss to Woodbine (Woodbine, IA). The Wildcats record now stands at 6-8.