The Carrier Mills-Stonefort Wildcats (Carrier Mills, IL) basketball knocked off the visiting Galatia Bearcats (Galatia, IL), 55-43 in Thursday's league test.

The Wildcats (11-17) will now prepare for their test against Pope County (Golconda, IL). The Pirates go into the non-league test with a 13-11 record. In their last test, Pope County notched a victory over Shawnee (Wolf Lake, IL), 61-23, in a non-league test.

The Bearcats now own a 7-16 record. They play next when they travel to Norris City-Omaha-Enfield for a non-league test on Saturday, February 19. Galatia will encounter a Fighting Cardinals squad coming off a 60-27 non-league win over Thompsonville (Thompsonville, IL). The Fighting Cardinals record now stands at 15-12.