In Thursday's non-league outing, the Conotton Valley Rockets (Bowerston, OH) basketball squad beat the visiting Valley Lumberjacks (Pine Grove, WV), by a count of 50-41.

The Rockets (10-9) will now prepare for their outing against Strasburg-Franklin (Strasburg, OH). The Tigers go into the Inter-Valley outing with a 14-3 record. In their last outing, Strasburg-Franklin defeated Malvern (Malvern, OH), 55-13, in a league outing.

The Lumberjacks now hold a 6-6 record. They play next when they travel to Frontier for a non-league outing on Monday, February 5. Valley will clash with a Cougars squad coming off a 50-44 non-league win over Catholic Central (Steubenville, OH). The Cougars record now stands at 14-6.