In Saturday's league outing, the Rye Thunderbolts (Rye, CO) basketball squad beat the visiting John Mall Panthers (Walsenburg, CO), by a margin of 61-45.
The Thunderbolts (8-1) will now prepare for their outing against Crowley County (Ordway, CO). The Chargers go into the 2A Santa Fe outing with a 7-1 record. In their last outing, Crowley County was topped by Fowler (Fowler, CO), 42-40, in a league outing.
The Panthers now own a 4-5 record. They play next when they travel to Swink for a 2A Santa Fe outing on Friday, January 17. John Mall will clash with a Lions squad coming off a 55-53 league win over Hoehne (Hoehne, CO). The Lions record now stands at 4-4.