The Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks (Chester, MT) basketball crushed the visiting Hays-Lodge Pole Thunder Birds (Hays, MT), 63-28 in Saturday's league test.

The Hawks (10-0) will now prepare for their test against Big Sandy (Big Sandy, MT). The Pioneers go into the C District 9 test with a 5-8 record. In their last test, Big Sandy walloped Turner (Turner, MT), 51-48, in a league test.

The Thunder Birds now own a 0-7 record. They play next when they travel to Harlem for a non-league test on Friday, January 26. Hays-Lodge Pole will encounter a Wildcats squad coming off a 98-71 league loss to Malta (Malta, MT). The Wildcats record now stands at 4-6.