In Saturday's league test, the Wellsboro Hornets (Wellsboro, PA) basketball squad knocked off the visiting Athens Wildcats (Athens, PA), by a score of 55-38.

Next, the Hornets encounter the Wyalusing Valley Rams (Wyalusing, PA) in a Northern Tier test, on Tuesday, January 7. Wellsboro will attempt to improve on its 4-4 season record. The Rams come into the test with a 1-8 record after their 64-33 league loss to Towanda (Towanda, PA).

The Wildcats (2-7) will now prepare for their test against North Penn-Mansfield (Mansfield, PA). The Tigers come into the Northern Tier test with a 7-2 record. In their last test, North Penn-Mansfield went down by Montoursville (Montoursville, PA), 55-36, in a non-league test.