In Friday's league contest, the host Eastern Warriors basketball team scored a big 59-33 triumph over the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Blue Jays.

The Warriors (12-4) will now prepare for their contest against Batavia (Batavia, OH). The Bulldogs go into the non-league contest with a 12-3 record. In their last contest, Batavia smashed Finneytown (Cincinnati, OH), 51-43, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Blue Jays confront the North Adams Green Devils (Seaman, OH) in a Southern Hills outing, on Tuesday, February 4. Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington will attempt to upgrade on its 2-16 season record. The Green Devils enter the outing with a 13-5 record after their 68-67 non-league win over Western (Latham, OH).