The Peotone Blue Devils (Peotone, IL) basketball nipped the host Coal City Coalers (Coal City, IL), 57-50 in Friday's league test.

The Blue Devils (3-3) will now prepare for their test against Grace Christian Academy (Kankakee, IL). The Crusaders go into the non-league test with a 0-3 record. In their last test, Grace Christian Academy was tipped by Grant Park (Grant Park, IL), 81-23, in a league test.

The Coalers now own a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to Wilmington for a Illinois Central 8 test on Tuesday, December 6. Coal City will encounter a Wildcats squad coming off a 48-36 league loss to Manteno (Manteno, IL). The Wildcats record now stands at 0-1.