The Pekin Panthers (Packwood, IA) basketball edged the host Highland Huskies (Riverside, IA), 54-49 in Friday's league bout.

The Panthers now possess a 5-4 record. They play next when they host Winfield-Mt. Union for a SEI - North bout on Tuesday, January 7. Pekin will play a Wolves team coming off a 46-45 non-league loss to WACO (Wayland, IA). The Wolves record now stands at 2-9.

With the loss, Highland falls to 6-3 on the campaign. The Huskies travel to Louisa-Muscatine (Letts, IA) to play the Falcons in a SEI - North bout on Saturday, January 4. The Falcons go into the bout with a record of 3-6. Louisa-Muscatine won 46-33 in their recent league bout against Hillcrest Academy (Kalona, IA)