In Thursday's league outing, the Fall River Pirates (Fall River, WI) basketball squad beat the visiting Montello Hilltoppers (Montello, WI), by a count of 81-61.

The Pirates (5-2) will now prepare for their outing against Clinton (Clinton, WI). The Cougars go into the non-league outing with a 3-5 record. In their last outing, Clinton was topped by Edgerton (Edgerton, WI), 87-60, in a league outing.

The Hilltoppers now hold a 3-4 record. They play next when they travel to Tomahawk for a non-league outing on Thursday, December 28. Montello will clash with a Hatchets squad coming off a 63-59 non-league loss to Elcho (Elcho, WI). The Hatchets record now stands at 0-6.