The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union Royals (Marcus, IA) basketball crushed the visiting Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Hawks (Hartley, IA), 76-39 in Tuesday's league test.

The Royals (8-4) will now prepare for their test against Trinity Christian (Hull, IA). The Tigers go into the War Eagle test with a 4-10 record. In their last test, Trinity Christian was trounced by Gehlen Catholic (Le Mars, IA), 62-49, in a league test.

The Hawks now own a 0-14 record. They play next when they host Boyden-Hull for a non-league test on Thursday, January 25. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn will encounter a Comets squad coming off a 62-58 league loss to Central Lyon (Rock Rapids, IA). The Comets record now stands at 4-8.