The Sidney Cowboys (Sidney, IA) basketball edged the visiting Stanton Vikings (Stanton, IA), 57-56 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Cowboys now possess a 12-8 record. They play next when they travel to Fremont-Mills for a Corner bout on Friday, January 31. Sidney will play a Knights team coming off a 69-18 non-league loss to Woodbine (Woodbine, IA). The Knights record now stands at 3-13.

With the loss, Stanton falls to 6-8 on the campaign. The Vikings travel to CAM (Anita, IA) to play the Cougars in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 30. The Cougars go into the bout with a record of 6-9. CAM won 63-56 in their recent non-league bout against Boyer Valley (Dunlap, IA)