In Friday's non-league outing, the Paint Valley Bearcats (Bainbridge, OH) basketball squad nipped the visiting Southeastern Local Trojans (South Charleston, OH), by a margin of 51-48.

The Bearcats (2-0) will now prepare for their outing against Western (Latham, OH). The Indians go into the non-league outing with a 1-1 record. In their last outing, Western got by Huntington (Chillicothe, OH), 53-52, in a non-league outing.

The Trojans now own a 2-1 record. They play next when they host Cedarville for a Ohio Heritage outing on Tuesday, December 6. Southeastern Local will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 69-56 non-league win over Dayton Christian (Miamisburg, OH). The Indians record now stands at 2-0.