Fans at Friday's league challenge between the East Mills (Malvern, IA) and the visiting Stanton Vikings (Stanton, IA), saw East Mills's basketball squad hold off Stanton by a tally of 66-61.

With the victory, East Mills improves its record to 4-0 on the campaign. The travel to Griswold (Griswold, IA) to play the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Friday, December 16. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 0-5.

Next up, the Vikings play the Essex Trojans (Essex, IA) in a Corner challenge, on Tuesday, December 13. Stanton will attempt to improve on its 2-2 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 81-47 non-league loss to Shenandoah (Shenandoah, IA).