The Meridian Hawks (Macon, IL) basketball crushed the visiting Okaw Valley Timberwolves (Bethany, IL), 71-23 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Hawks now possess a 8-4 record. They play next when they travel to LeRoy for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 14. Meridian will play a Panthers team coming off a 35-30 non-league loss to Athens (Athens, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 6-4.

With the loss, Okaw Valley falls to 0-10 on the campaign. The Timberwolves travel to Cumberland (Toledo, IL) to play the Pirates in a Lincoln Prairie bout on Monday, December 16. The Pirates go into the bout with a record of 8-3. Cumberland won 56-37 in their recent non-league bout against Neoga (Neoga, IL)