In Thursday's non-league test, the Colo-NESCO Royals (Colo, IA) basketball squad trounced the host Paton-Churdan Rockets (Churdan, IA), by a score of 75-51.

Next, the Royals encounter the B-G-M Bears (Brooklyn, IA) in a non-league test, on Monday, January 6. Colo-NESCO will attempt to improve on its 4-3 season record.

The Rockets (2-5) will now prepare for their test against CAM (Anita, IA). The Cougars come into the Rolling Hills test with a 2-3 record. In their last test, CAM bounced Boyer Valley (Dunlap, IA), 52-46, in a non-league test.