In Saturday's non-league outing, the Circle Thunderbirds (Towanda, KS) basketball squad nipped the visiting Wellington Crusaders (Wellington, KS), by a margin of 49-48.

The Thunderbirds (10-1) will now prepare for their outing against El Dorado (El Dorado, KS). The Wildcats go into the non-league outing with a 2-10 record. In their last outing, El Dorado was tipped by Augusta (Augusta, KS), 56-49, in a non-league outing.

The Crusaders now own a 10-3 record. They play next when they travel to Augusta for a non-league outing on Tuesday, January 31. Wellington will encounter a Orioles squad coming off a 56-49 non-league win over El Dorado (El Dorado, KS). The Orioles record now stands at 8-4.