In Saturday's non-league outing, the Highland Huskies (Riverside, IA) basketball squad nipped the visiting English Valleys Bears (North English, IA), by a margin of 49-46.

The Huskies (2-5) will now prepare for their outing against Winfield-Mt. Union (Winfield, IA). The Wolves go into the SEI - North outing with a 6-1 record. In their last outing, Winfield-Mt. Union got by Holy Trinity Catholic (Fort Madison, IA), 55-40, in a non-league outing.

The Bears now own a 1-7 record. They play next when they travel to H-L-V for a South Iowa Cedar outing on Tuesday, December 19. English Valleys will encounter a Warriors squad coming off a 66-65 league win over Iowa Valley (Marengo, IA). The Warriors record now stands at 2-5.