The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Cicero-North Syracuse Northstars (Cicero, NY) and the host Auburn Maroons (Auburn, NY), observed Cicero-North Syracuse's basketball team overwhelm Auburn by a score of 85-40.

The Northstars (5-0) will now prepare for their bout against Proctor (Utica, NY). The Raiders go into the non-league bout with a 1-3 record.

With the loss, Auburn falls to 0-3 on the campaign. The Maroons travel to Fayetteville-Manlius (Manlius, NY) to play the Hornets in a non-league bout on Friday, December 27. The Hornets go into the bout with a record of 3-1. Fayetteville-Manlius lost 63-61 in their recent league bout against Corcoran (Syracuse, NY)