The Cabool Bulldogs (Cabool, MO) basketball felled the visiting Ava Bears (Ava, MO), 49-37 in Friday's league test.

The Bulldogs (18-6) will now prepare for their test against Thayer (Thayer, MO). The Bobcats go into the South Central test with a 24-1 record. In their last test, Thayer defeated Mountain Grove (Mountain Grove, MO), 57-23, in a league test.

The Bears now own a 5-14 record. They take the field next when they travel to Logan-Rogersville for a non-league test on Monday, February 18. Ava will clash with a Wildcats squad coming off a 62-44 league loss to Ozark (Ozark, MO). The Wildcats record now stands at 16-8.