Hughes High School boys basketball coach Bryan Wyant and St. Xavier coach Mike Noszka discussed their successful seasons the first week of January with a look ahead to the second Midwest King Classic Jan. 18-19 at Middletown High School.

St. X (8-2), winners of eight consecutive games, plays host to Elder (6-3) Friday night. Hughes (7-3) plays host to Aiken (9-1) Friday night.

The Midwest King Classic is scheduled to have 12 games Jan. 18-19. St. X is scheduled to play at Sycamore at 4:45 p.m. Jan. 18 while Hughes plays Moeller at 8:15 p.m. Jan. 19.