In Thursday's league outing, the Clearwater Indians (Clearwater, KS) basketball squad edged the visiting Circle Thunderbirds (Towanda, KS), by a count of 34-32.

The Indians (5-9) will now prepare for their outing against Buhler (Buhler, KS). The Crusaders go into the non-league outing with a 6-7 record. In their last outing, Buhler was tipped by Circle (Towanda, KS), 61-53, in a non-league outing.

The Thunderbirds now hold a 11-3 record. They take the field next when they host Mulvane for a non-league outing on Tuesday, February 10. Circle will encounter a Wildcats squad coming off a 58-51 non-league loss to Winfield (Winfield, KS). The Wildcats record now stands at 3-11.