In Friday's league outing, the Somerset Spartans (Somerset, WI) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Altoona Railroaders (Altoona, WI), by a margin of 71-43.

The Spartans (8-4) will now prepare for their outing against Osceola (Osceola, WI). The Chieftains go into the Middle Border outing with a 7-0 record. In their last outing, Osceola smashed Spooner (Spooner, WI), 64-13, in a non-league outing.

The Railroaders now own a 2-7 record. They play next when they host Amery for a Middle Border outing on Tuesday, January 10. Altoona will clash with a Warriors squad coming off a 83-57 non-league win over Grantsburg (Grantsburg, WI). The Warriors record now stands at 3-4.