The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Syracuse Bulldogs (Syracuse, KS) and the host Deerfield Spartans (Deerfield, KS), observed Syracuse's basketball team overwhelm Deerfield by a score of 47-19.

The Bulldogs (6-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Stanton County (Johnson, KS). The Trojans come into the Hi-Plains challenge with a 6-6 record. In their last challenge, Stanton County trounced South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] (Vilas, CO), 48-34, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans encounter the Stanton County Trojans (Johnson, KS) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 27. Deerfield will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record. The Trojans go into the game with a 4-6 record after their 51-49 non-league loss to Lakin (Lakin, KS).