In Friday's league contest, the visiting Pekin Panthers basketball team scored a big 74-30 win over the Highland Huskies.

The Panthers (5-3) will now prepare for their contest against Winfield-Mt. Union (Winfield, IA). The Wolves come into the SEI - North contest with a 5-4 record. In their last contest, Winfield-Mt. Union was trounced by WACO (Wayland, IA), 51-42, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Huskies battle the Louisa-Muscatine Falcons (Letts, IA) in a SEI - North contest, on Saturday, January 4. Highland will attempt to better on its 0-5 season record. The Falcons come into the contest with a 3-6 record after their 71-63 league loss to Hillcrest Academy (Kalona, IA).