In Friday's league outing, the Somers Spartans (Somers, CT) basketball squad edged the host Stafford Bulldogs (Stafford Springs, CT), by a count of 41-38.

The Spartans (11-5) will now prepare for their outing against Sports & Medical Sciences Academy (Hartford, CT). The Tigers go into the North Central Connecticut outing with a 9-5 record. In their last outing, Sports & Medical Sciences Academy held off Suffield (West Suffield, CT), 54-52, in a league outing.

The Bulldogs now hold a 5-10 record. They play next when they travel to Rockville for a North Central Connecticut outing on Monday, February 6. Stafford will clash with a Rams squad coming off a 79-55 league loss to Windsor Locks (Windsor Locks, CT). The Rams record now stands at 9-8.