In Tuesday's league outing, the Tri-Village Patriots (New Madison, OH) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Newton Local Indians (Pleasant Hill, OH), by a count of 64-31.

The Patriots (4-0) will now prepare for their outing against Arcanum (Arcanum, OH). The Trojans go into the Western Ohio outing with a 3-3 record. In their last outing, Arcanum was crushed by Dixie (New Lebanon, OH), 56-49, in a league outing.

The Indians now hold a 3-4 record. They play next when they travel to Mississinawa Valley for a Western Ohio outing on Friday, December 22. Newton Local will clash with a Blackhawks squad coming off a 67-62 league loss to National Trail (New Paris, OH). The Blackhawks record now stands at 1-5.