In Friday's league outing, the Eleva-Strum Cardinals (Strum, WI) basketball squad edged the visiting Melrose-Mindoro Mustangs (Melrose, WI), by a count of 57-52.

The Cardinals (4-10) will now prepare for their outing against Whitehall (Whitehall, WI). The Norse go into the Dairyland - Large outing with a 9-8 record. In their last outing, Whitehall held off Augusta (Augusta, WI), 63-42, in a league outing.

The Mustangs now hold a 7-11 record. They play next when they host Cochrane-Fountain City for a Dairyland - Large outing on Thursday, February 16. Melrose-Mindoro will clash with a Pirates squad coming off a 72-54 league loss to Blair-Taylor (Blair, WI). The Pirates record now stands at 7-5.