In Monday's league outing, the Edwards-Knox Cougars (Russell, NY) basketball squad beat the visiting Hermon-DeKalb Central Demons (DeKalb Junction, NY), by a count of 61-52.

The Cougars (5-4) will now prepare for their outing against Madrid-Waddington (Madrid, NY). The Yellowjackets go into the non-league outing with a 8-3 record. In their last outing, Madrid-Waddington defeated St. Regis Falls (St. Regis Falls, NY), 58-26, in a league outing.

The Demons now hold a 4-5 record. They play next when they host Lisbon Central for a Section 10 West outing on Friday, January 13. Hermon-DeKalb Central will clash with a Golden Knights squad coming off a 70-48 non-league loss to Ogdensburg Free Academy (Ogdensburg, NY). The Golden Knights record now stands at 3-4.