The Knoxville Blue Bullets (Knoxville, IL) basketball knocked off the host Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] Spartans (Woodhull, IL), 57-45 in Monday's league test.

The Blue Bullets (8-13) will now prepare for their test against Abingdon/Avon (Abingdon, IL). The Tornadoes go into the Lincoln Trail test with a 20-6 record. In their last test, Abingdon/Avon went down by Biggsville West Central (Biggsville, IL), 59-53, in a league test.

The Spartans now own a 13-11 record. They play next when they travel to Wethersfield for a Lincoln Trail test on Wednesday, January 31. Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] will encounter a Flying Geese squad coming off a 40-32 league win over Monmouth United (Monmouth, IL). The Flying Geese record now stands at 20-4.