The Royalton Royals routed the visiting Maple Lake Irish basketball team by a final score of 84-33 in Tuesday's league game.

In their next game, the Royals face the Holdingford Huskers (Holdingford, MN) in a AA Section 6 game, on Thursday, January 11. Royalton will attempt to move on its 5-6 season record. The Huskers enter the game with a 3-8 record after their 74-65 non-league loss to Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (Belgrade, MN).

With the defeat, Maple Lake moves to 0-8 on the year. The Irish host Kimball (Kimball, MN) to encounter the Cubs in a AA Section 6 test on Thursday, January 11. The Cubs go into the test with a record of 1-8. Kimball lost 65-51 in their recent non-league test against Rockford (Rockford, MN)