The Russia Raiders defeated the visiting Botkins Trojans basketball squad by a final score of 57-38 in Tuesday's league outing.

Next, the Raiders clash with the Jackson Center Tigers (Jackson Center, OH) in a Shelby County outing, on Friday, December 13. Russia will attempt to upgrade on its 3-0 season record. The Tigers come into the outing with a 1-0 record after their 59-34 non-league win over Upper Scioto Valley (McGuffey, OH).

The Trojans (3-1) will now prepare for their outing against Fairlawn (Sidney, OH). The Jets come into the Shelby County outing with a 2-2 record. In their last outing, Fairlawn was defeated by New Knoxville (New Knoxville, OH), 50-44, in a non-league outing.