The Royal Knights (Royal City, WA) basketball crushed the visiting Connell Eagles (Connell, WA), 83-40 in Friday's league bout.

The Knights now possess a 15-1 record. They play next when they travel to Wapato for a 1A South Central bout on Saturday, January 25. Royal will play a Wolves team coming off a 63-41 league win over College Place (College Place, WA). The Wolves record now stands at 10-4.

With the loss, Connell falls to 7-9 on the campaign. The Eagles host Zillah (Zillah, WA) to play the Leopards in a 1A South Central bout on Saturday, January 25. The Leopards go into the bout with a record of 11-3. Zillah won 86-78 in their recent league bout against Royal (Royal City, WA)