In Friday's league outing, the Halfway Cardinals (Halfway, MO) basketball squad edged the host Dadeville Bearcats (Dadeville, MO), by a count of 31-29.

The Cardinals (5-18) will now prepare for their outing against Wheatland (Wheatland, MO). The Mules go into the Polk County outing with a 18-8 record. In their last outing, Wheatland held off Hermitage (Hermitage, MO), 54-22, in a league outing.

The Bearcats now hold a 3-22 record. They play next when they host Humansville for a Polk County outing on Monday, February 19. Dadeville will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 50-45 non-league loss to Hurley (Hurley, MO). The Tigers record now stands at 9-17.