The Houston Wildcats (Houston, OH) basketball edged the host Botkins Trojans (Botkins, OH), 45-41 in Saturday's league bout.

The Wildcats now possess a 8-5 record. They play next when they travel to Fort Loramie for a Shelby County bout on Tuesday, January 7. Houston will play a Redskins team coming off a 48-38 league win over Russia (Russia, OH). The Redskins record now stands at 11-0.

With the loss, Botkins falls to 5-7 on the campaign. The Trojans travel to Lima Senior (Lima, OH) to play the Spartans in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 9. The Spartans go into the bout with a record of 9-4. Lima Senior won 67-11 in their recent league bout against Waite (Toledo, OH)