The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Phillipsburg Panthers (Phillipsburg, KS) and the visiting Sylvan-Lucas Mustangs (Sylvan Grove, KS), observed Phillipsburg's basketball team overwhelm Sylvan-Lucas by a score of 52-24.

The Panthers (2-1) will now prepare for their bout against Smith Center (Smith Center, KS). The Redmen go into the non-league bout with a 2-1 record. In their last bout, Smith Center crushed St. John's/Tipton Catholic (Beloit, KS), 40-38, in a non-league bout.

With the loss, Sylvan-Lucas falls to 0-3 on the campaign. The Mustangs travel to Pike Valley (Scandia, KS) to play the Panthers in a Northern Plains bout on Friday, December 20. The Panthers go into the bout with a record of 2-2.