The Athens Indians (Athens, MI) basketball crushed the host Climax-Scotts Panthers (Climax, MI), 38-13 in Friday's league test.

The Indians (8-3) will now prepare for their test against St. Philip Catholic Central (Battle Creek, MI). The Fighting Tigers go into the Southern Central test with a 6-4 record. In their last test, St. Philip Catholic Central was trounced by East Jordan (East Jordan, MI), 44-37, in a non-league test.

The Panthers now own a 5-6 record. They play next when they travel to Camden-Frontier for a Southern Central test on Tuesday, January 24. Climax-Scotts will encounter a Redskins squad coming off a 37-18 league loss to Pittsford (Pittsford, MI). The Redskins record now stands at 5-5.