In Friday's league outing, the Westfield Area Pioneers (Westfield, WI) basketball squad edged the host Nekoosa Papermakers (Nekoosa, WI), by a count of 57-51.

The Pioneers (5-5) will now prepare for their outing against Montello (Montello, WI). The Hilltoppers go into the non-league outing with a 5-5 record. In their last outing, Montello was tipped by Randolph (Randolph, WI), 76-29, in a league outing.

The Papermakers now hold a 6-4 record. They play next when they host Iola-Scandinavia for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 9. Nekoosa will clash with a Thunderbirds squad coming off a 70-68 league loss to Weyauwega-Fremont (Weyauwega, WI). The Thunderbirds record now stands at 3-6.