The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks (Chester, MT) and the visiting Hays-Lodge Pole Thunder Birds (Hays, MT), observed Chester-Joplin-Inverness's basketball team overwhelm Hays-Lodge Pole by a margin of 56-22.

The Hawks (9-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Big Sandy (Big Sandy, MT). The Pioneers come into the C District 9 challenge with a 0-3 record.

Coming up next, the Thunder Birds play the Rocky Boy Northern Stars (Box Elder, MT) in a non-league bout, on Thursday, February 6. Hays-Lodge Pole will attempt to move on its 0-5 season record.