In Friday's league outing, the Columbus Wildcats (Columbus Junction, IA) basketball squad edged the host Winfield-Mt. Union Wolves (Winfield, IA), by a margin of 43-37.

The Wildcats (13-5) will now prepare for their outing against English Valleys (North English, IA). The Bears go into the non-league outing with a 10-7 record. In their last outing, English Valleys was tipped by Montezuma (Montezuma, IA), 57-21, in a league outing.

The Wolves now own a 4-13 record. They play next when they travel to Highland for a SEI - North outing on Tuesday, January 30. Winfield-Mt. Union will clash with a Huskies squad coming off a 54-39 league loss to Lone Tree (Lone Tree, IA). The Huskies record now stands at 12-5.