The Lakota West Firebirds (West Chester, OH) basketball crushed the host Colerain Cardinals (Cincinnati, OH), 82-44 in Friday's league test.

The Firebirds (9-4) will now prepare for their test against St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH). The Bombers go into the non-league test with a 10-3 record. In their last test, St. Xavier was trounced by Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, OH), 56-46, in a league test.

The Cardinals now own a 2-11 record. They play next when they host Roger Bacon for a non-league test on Monday, January 22. Colerain will encounter a Spartans squad coming off a 55-34 non-league loss to Badin (Hamilton, OH). The Spartans record now stands at 3-11.