The Yates Center Wildcats (Yates Center, KS) basketball nipped the host Northeast Vikings (Arma, KS), 43-42 in Friday's non-league test.

The Wildcats (2-11) will now prepare for their test against Marmaton Valley (Moran, KS). The Wildcats go into the Three Rivers test with a 5-8 record. In their last test, Marmaton Valley was tipped by Pleasanton (Pleasanton, KS), 79-69, in a non-league test.

The Vikings now own a 2-6 record. They play next when they host Oswego for a non-league test on Monday, January 30. Northeast will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 63-27 league loss to Crest (Colony, KS). The Indians record now stands at 1-12.