Heart Butte Warriors (Heart Butte, MT) backers went home thrilled Thursday as they saw their basketball team smash the host North Toole County Refiners (Sunburst, MT), 46-22 in a league contest.

The Warriors (1-2) will now prepare for their contest against Chester-Joplin-Inverness (Chester, MT). The Hawks go into the non-league contest with a 3-0 record.

In their next game, the Refiners battle the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunder Birds (Hays, MT) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, December 13. North Toole County will attempt to better on its 0-2 season record. The Thunder Birds go into the contest with a 1-0 record after their 52-47 non-league win over Wolf Point (Wolf Point, MT).