Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats (Hartington, NE) backers went home thrilled Friday as they saw their basketball team tip the host Randolph Cardinals (Randolph, NE), 61-54 in a non-league contest.

The Wildcats (4-4) will now prepare for their contest against West Holt (Atkinson, NE). The Huskies go into the non-league contest with a 2-6 record. In their last contest, West Holt was tipped by Lutheran-Northeast (Norfolk, NE), 76-31, in a non-league contest.

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Walthill Blujays (Walthill, NE) in a non-league contest, on Tuesday, January 6. Randolph will attempt to better on its 4-3 season record. The Blujays go into the contest with a 4-3 record after their 63-59 non-league loss to East Butler (Brainard, NE).