The Stratford Tigers (Stratford, WI) basketball knocked off the visiting Newman Fighting Cardinals (Wausau, WI), 38-27 in Thursday's league test.

The Tigers (5-2) will now prepare for their test against Loyal (Loyal, WI). The Greyhounds go into the non-league test with a 4-2 record. In their last test, Loyal went down by Neillsville (Neillsville, WI), 51-14, in a league test.

The Fighting Cardinals now own a 1-7 record. They play next when they host Valley Christian for a non-league test on Friday, December 15. Newman will encounter a Warriors squad coming off a 46-38 non-league win over Wayland Academy (Beaver Dam, WI). The Warriors record now stands at 4-2.