The Ruidoso Warriors (Ruidoso, NM) basketball crushed the visiting Hatch Valley Bears (Hatch, NM), 51-13 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Warriors now possess a 10-7 record. They play next when they travel to Cloudcroft for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 25. Ruidoso will play a Bears team coming off a 42-35 non-league loss to Gateway Christian (Roswell, NM). The Bears record now stands at 6-10.

With the loss, Hatch Valley falls to 2-13 on the campaign. The Bears host New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell, NM) to play the Colts in a non-league bout on Friday, January 24. The Colts go into the bout with a record of 0-4. New Mexico Military Institute lost 39-29 in their recent non-league bout against Loving (Loving, NM)