In Tuesday's non-league outing, the Central Plains Oilers (Claflin, KS) basketball squad beat the visiting St. John Tigers (St. John, KS), by a count of 51-39.

The Oilers (2-2) will now prepare for their outing against Ellinwood (Ellinwood, KS). The Eagles go into the non-league outing with a 6-0 record. In their last outing, Ellinwood defeated Ellis (Ellis, KS), 65-7, in a non-league outing.

The Tigers now hold a 1-4 record. They play next when they host Kiowa County for a non-league outing on Friday, December 16. St. John will clash with a Mavericks squad coming off a 68-40 league loss to Bucklin (Bucklin, KS). The Mavericks record now stands at 1-4.