In Friday's league outing, the Jefferson Blue Jays (Festus, MO) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Herculaneum Black Cats (Herculaneum, MO), by a margin of 68-44.

The Blue Jays (10-5) will now prepare for their outing against Valle Catholic (Ste. Genevieve, MO). The Warriors go into the non-league outing with a 4-10 record. In their last outing, Valle Catholic was trounced by Saxony Lutheran (Jackson, MO), 78-27, in a non-league outing.

The Black Cats now own a 4-8 record. They play next when they host Windsor for a non-league outing on Monday, January 22. Herculaneum will encounter a Owls squad coming off a 78-35 league win over Perryville (Perryville, MO). The Owls record now stands at 8-4.