In Friday's league outing, the Newburyport Clippers (Newburyport, MA) basketball squad beat the host North Reading Hornets (North Reading, MA), by a count of 66-58.

The Clippers (6-5) will now prepare for their outing against Rockport (Rockport, MA). The Vikings go into the non-league outing with a 3-10 record. In their last outing, Rockport was topped by Ipswich (Ipswich, MA), 69-65, in a league outing.

The Hornets now hold a 8-2 record. They play next when they host Manchester Essex for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 31. North Reading will clash with a Hornets squad coming off a 64-45 league win over Georgetown (Georgetown, MA). The Hornets record now stands at 12-1.