The Mahanoy Area Golden Bears (Mahanoy City, PA) basketball crushed the host Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils (Shenandoah, PA), 68-36 in Monday's league test.

The Golden Bears (8-0) will now prepare for their test against Montoursville (Montoursville, PA). The Warriors go into the non-league test with a 4-2 record. In their last test, Montoursville was trounced by Central Mountain (Mill Hall, PA), 77-59, in a non-league test.

The Blue Devils now own a 1-6 record. They play next when they host North Schuylkill for a non-league test on Thursday, December 21. Shenandoah Valley will encounter a Spartans squad coming off a 55-40 league win over Panther Valley (Lansford, PA). The Spartans record now stands at 5-2.