In Friday's league outing, the Poolville Monarchs (Poolville, TX) basketball squad nipped the visiting Santo Wildcats (Santo, TX), by a margin of 42-41.

The Monarchs (10-15) will now prepare for their outing against Hico (Hico, TX). The Tigers go into the 2A Region II District 11 outing with a 6-20 record. In their last outing, Hico was tipped by De Leon (De Leon, TX), 35-14, in a league outing.

The Wildcats now own a 8-14 record. They play next when they host Lipan for a 2A Region II District 11 outing on Monday, January 30. Santo will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 70-22 league win over Poolville (Poolville, TX). The Indians record now stands at 25-2.