In Friday's league outing, the Iola Bulldogs (Iola, TX) basketball squad nipped the visiting Burton Panthers (Burton, TX), by a margin of 40-33.

The Bulldogs (3-1) will now prepare for their outing against Normangee (Normangee, TX). The Panthers go into the 2A Region IV District 26 outing with a 14-9 record. In their last outing, Normangee was tipped by Mumford (Mumford, TX), 47-19, in a league outing.

The Panthers now own a 8-5 record. They play next when they host Snook for a 2A Region IV District 26 outing on Tuesday, January 10. Burton will clash with a Bluejays squad coming off a 50-36 league loss to Somerville (Somerville, TX). The Bluejays record now stands at 3-12.