In Saturday's league outing, the Community Trojans (Laddonia, MO) basketball squad edged the host New Franklin Bulldogs (New Franklin, MO), by a count of 41-39.

The Trojans (10-5) will now prepare for their outing against Prairie Home (Prairie Home, MO). The Panthers go into the non-league outing with a 7-8 record. In their last outing, Prairie Home was tipped by Calvary Lutheran (Jefferson City, MO), 57-53, in a non-league outing.

The Bulldogs now hold a 10-11 record. They play next when they host Boonville for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 30. New Franklin will clash with a Pirates squad coming off a 61-55 non-league loss to Fatima (Westphalia, MO). The Pirates record now stands at 13-5.