The Pekin Panthers (Packwood, IA) basketball crushed the host Wapello Indians (Wapello, IA), 68-42 in Friday's league bout.

The Panthers now possess a 6-5 record. They play next when they travel to Sigourney for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 11. Pekin will play a Savages team coming off a 67-60 league loss to North Mahaska (New Sharon, IA). The Savages record now stands at 4-4.

With the loss, Wapello falls to 0-9 on the campaign. The Indians host Louisa-Muscatine (Letts, IA) to play the Falcons in a SEI - North bout on Tuesday, January 14. The Falcons go into the bout with a record of 5-7. Louisa-Muscatine lost 82-60 in their recent league bout against Winfield-Mt. Union (Winfield, IA)