In Friday's league outing, the Central Lyon Lions (Rock Rapids, IA) basketball squad edged the visiting Rock Valley Rockets (Rock Valley, IA), by a count of 70-66.

The Lions (7-3) will now prepare for their outing against Unity Christian (Orange City, IA). The Knights go into the Siouxland outing with a 7-2 record. In their last outing, Unity Christian was tipped by West Lyon (Inwood, IA), 73-46, in a league outing.

The Rockets now hold a 4-5 record. They play next when they travel to Spirit Lake for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 9. Rock Valley will clash with a Indians squad coming off a 50-43 league win over Spencer (Spencer, IA). The Indians record now stands at 4-4.