The Ashton-Franklin Center Raiders basketball squad (Ashton, IL), was nudged 33-29 in Tuesday's league outing with the host Eastland Cougars (Lanark, IL)

Next, the Cougars clash with the Amboy Clippers (Amboy, IL) in a outing, on Thursday, December 5. Eastland will attempt to upgrade on its 2-5 season record.

The Raiders (0-1) will now prepare for their outing against Morrison (Morrison, IL). The Mustangs come into the outing with a 0-1 record. In their last outing, Morrison was nipped by Milledgeville (Milledgeville, IL), 34-21, in a league outing.