In Monday's league outing, the Bloom Blazing Trojan (Chicago Heights, IL) basketball squad beat the visiting Thornton Wildcats (Harvey, IL), by a margin of 44-36.

The Blazing Trojan (9-8) will now prepare for their outing against Blue Island Eisenhower (Blue Island, IL). The Cardinals go into the non-league outing with a 1-17 record. In their last outing, Blue Island Eisenhower was topped by Tinley Park (Tinley Park, IL), 45-23, in a non-league outing.

The Wildcats now own a 2-14 record. They play next when they travel to Rich Township for a Southland outing on Thursday, January 12. Thornton will clash with a Raptors squad coming off a 37-35 league win over Crete-Monee (Crete, IL). The Raptors record now stands at 8-10.