The Thomas Walker Pioneers basketball team (Ewing, VA), was crushed 49-20 in Tuesday's league outing with the host J.I. Burton Black Raiders (Norton, VA)

The Black Raiders (4-5) will now prepare for their outing against Eastside (Coeburn, VA). The Spartans go into the Cumberland outing with a 8-3 record. In their last outing, Eastside smashed Patrick Henry (Glade Spring, VA), 53-25, in a non-league outing.

The Pioneers now hold a 0-7 record. They play next when they travel to Castlewood for a Cumberland outing on Friday, January 6. Thomas Walker will clash with a Blue Devils squad coming off a 63-17 league loss to Twin Springs (Nickelsville, VA). The Blue Devils record now stands at 7-3.