The Tri-Valley Vikings (Downs, IL) basketball crushed the visiting Roanoke-Benson Rockets (Roanoke, IL), 57-26 in Tuesday's league test.

The Vikings (7-1) will now prepare for their test against Deer Creek-Mackinaw (Mackinaw, IL). The Chiefs go into the Heart of Illinois test with a 2-4 record. In their last test, Deer Creek-Mackinaw walloped LeRoy (LeRoy, IL), 50-39, in a league test.

The Rockets now own a 3-6 record. They play next when they travel to Deer Creek-Mackinaw for a non-league test on Saturday, December 16. Roanoke-Benson will encounter a Chiefs squad coming off a 54-21 league loss to Tri-Valley (Downs, IL). The Chiefs record now stands at 2-5.