In Friday's league outing, the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union Royals (Marcus, IA) basketball squad beat the host West Sioux Falcons (Hawarden, IA), by a margin of 48-32.

The Royals (10-4) will now prepare for their outing against Akron-Westfield (Akron, IA). The Westerners go into the War Eagle outing with a 11-3 record. In their last outing, Akron-Westfield defeated Harris-Lake Park (Lake Park, IA), 62-46, in a league outing.

The Falcons now own a 1-15 record. They play next when they travel to Irene/Wakonda for a non-league outing on Saturday, January 27. West Sioux will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 60-45 league loss to Freeman Academy/Marion (Freeman, SD). The Eagles record now stands at 1-11.