The Liberty Christian Patriots (Richland, WA) basketball crushed the visiting Yakama Nation Tribal Eagles (Toppenish, WA), 87-44 in Friday's league bout.

The Patriots now possess a 4-1 record. They play next when they travel to La Salle for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 28. Liberty Christian will play a Lightning team coming off a 76-31 league win over White Swan (White Swan, WA). The Lightning record now stands at 5-3.

With the loss, Yakama Nation Tribal falls to 3-5 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Walla Walla Valley Academy (College Place, WA) to play the Knights in a 1B Southeast Grape bout on Thursday, January 9. The Knights go into the bout with a record of 2-3.