The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Johnston City Indians (Johnston City, IL) and the visiting Zeigler-Royalton Tornadoes (Zeigler, IL), observed Johnston City's basketball team top Zeigler-Royalton by a tally of 69-55.

The Indians now possess a 8-12 record. They play next when they host Wayne City for a non-league bout on Saturday, February 1. Johnston City will play a Indians team coming off a 63-43 league loss to Webber (Bluford, IL). The Indians record now stands at 7-12.

With the loss, Zeigler-Royalton falls to 7-15 on the campaign. The Tornadoes host Sandoval (Sandoval, IL) to play the Blackhawks in a non-league bout on Monday, February 3. The Blackhawks go into the bout with a record of 9-14. Sandoval won 34-30 in their recent league bout against Cisne (Cisne, IL)