The Salina Central Mustangs (Salina, KS) basketball were winner over the host Newton Railroaders (Newton, KS), 46-28 in Friday's league bout.

The Mustangs now possess a 3-2 record. They play next when they travel to Valley Center for a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. Salina Central will play a Hornets team coming off a 42-41 league loss to South (Salina, KS). The Hornets record now stands at 2-2.

With the loss, Newton falls to 0-5 on the campaign. The Railroaders travel to Andover (Andover, KS) to play the Trojans in a Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail II bout on Friday, January 3. The Trojans go into the bout with a record of 4-0. Andover won 64-32 in their recent league bout against Goddard (Goddard, KS)