In Wednesday's non-league outing, the Hinckley-Big Rock Royals (Hinckley, IL) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Ashton-Franklin Center Raiders (Ashton, IL), by a count of 64-27.

The Royals (10-3) will now prepare for their outing against Streator (Streator, IL). The Bulldogs go into the non-league outing with a 6-5 record. In their last outing, Streator was crushed by Washington (Washington, IL), 62-41, in a non-league outing.

The Raiders now hold a 8-4 record. They play next when they host Polo for a Northwest Upstate Illini - South outing on Tuesday, January 3. Ashton-Franklin Center will clash with a Marcos squad coming off a 46-45 non-league loss to Milledgeville (Milledgeville, IL). The Marcos record now stands at 6-6.