In Thursday's league outing, the Marshall Cardinals (Marshall, WI) basketball squad beat the host Wisconsin Heights Vanguards (Mazomanie, WI), by a count of 55-43.

The Cardinals (7-4) will now prepare for their outing against Superior (Superior, WI). The Spartans go into the non-league outing with a 12-1 record. In their last outing, Superior defeated Rock Ridge co-op [Eveleth-Gilbert/Virginia] (Eveleth, MN), 82-55, in a non-league outing.

The Vanguards now hold a 2-9 record. They play next when they travel to Waterloo for a Capitol - South outing on Tuesday, January 10. Wisconsin Heights will clash with a Pirates squad coming off a 44-40 non-league loss to Deerfield (Deerfield, WI). The Pirates record now stands at 8-6.