In Friday's non-league outing, the Midview Middies (Grafton, OH) basketball squad edged the visiting Columbia Raiders (Columbia Station, OH), by a margin of 72-70.

The Middies (5-3) will now prepare for their outing against Berea-Midpark (Berea, OH). The Titans go into the Southwestern outing with a 5-2 record. In their last outing, Berea-Midpark was tipped by Nordonia (Macedonia, OH), 79-72, in a non-league outing.

The Raiders now own a 2-3 record. They play next when they travel to Keystone for a Lorain County 8 outing on Friday, January 5. Columbia will clash with a Wildcats squad coming off a 83-75 non-league loss to Steele (Amherst, OH). The Wildcats record now stands at 4-5.