In Monday's league outing, the Valley View Cougars (Archbald, PA) basketball squad nipped the visiting North Pocono Trojans (Covington Township, PA), by a margin of 57-53.

The Cougars (15-4) will now prepare for their outing against West Scranton (Scranton, PA). The Invaders go into the Lackawanna 1 outing with a 6-11 record. In their last outing, West Scranton was tipped by Wallenpaupack Area (Hawley, PA), 47-45, in a non-league outing.

The Trojans now own a 5-7 record. They play next when they host Honesdale for a Lackawanna 2 outing on Thursday, February 8.