In Friday's non-league outing, the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes (Teutopolis, IL) basketball squad beat the visiting Effingham Flaming Hearts (Effingham, IL), by a margin of 53-35.

The Wooden Shoes (22-3) will now prepare for their outing against Breese Central (Breese, IL). The Cougars go into the non-league outing with a 16-8 record. In their last outing, Breese Central defeated Roxana (Roxana, IL), 53-19, in a league outing.

The Flaming Hearts now own a 17-8 record. They play next when they host Mahomet-Seymour for a Apollo outing on Saturday, January 28. Effingham will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 74-13 league win over Charleston (Charleston, IL). The Bulldogs record now stands at 19-7.