The Deer Lakes Lancers (Russellton, PA) basketball crushed the visiting Freeport Yellowjackets (Freeport, PA), 71-36 in Friday's league bout.

The Lancers now possess a 5-1 record. They play next when they travel to Valley for a WPIAL 4A 1 bout on Tuesday, December 17. Deer Lakes will play a Vikings team coming off a 74-39 league loss to Knoch (Saxonburg, PA). The Vikings record now stands at 2-1.

With the loss, Freeport falls to 1-5 on the campaign. The Yellowjackets travel to Cranberry Area (Seneca, PA) to play the Berries in a non-league bout on Friday, December 27. The Berries go into the bout with a record of 2-2.