In Friday's non-league outing, the Royal Valley Panthers (Hoyt, KS) basketball squad edged the host Hiawatha Red Hawks (Hiawatha, KS), by a count of 62-58.

The Panthers (4-3) will now prepare for their outing against Jefferson West (Meriden, KS). The Tigers go into the non-league outing with a 2-5 record. In their last outing, Jefferson West was tipped by Nemaha Central (Seneca, KS), 53-39, in a non-league outing.

The Red Hawks now hold a 2-5 record. They play next when they host Nemaha Central for a non-league outing on Friday, January 13. Hiawatha will clash with a Thunder squad coming off a 55-43 non-league win over Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] (Wathena, KS). The Thunder record now stands at 4-4.