The Rye Thunderbolts basketball team scored 52 points and held the visiting Peyton Panthers to 42 in the Thunderbolts non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Thunderbolts now sport a 4-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host Hoehne for a 2A Santa Fe contest on Thursday, December 19. Rye will battle a Farmers team coming off a 52-49 non-league loss to Custer County (Westcliffe, CO). The Farmers record now stands at 2-3.

The Panthers (3-1) will now prepare for their contest against Sargent (Monte Vista, CO). The Farmers enter the non-league contest with a 1-1 record. In their last contest, Sargent was defeated by Ignacio (Ignacio, CO), 41-25, in a non-league contest.