Spectators at Thursday's league test between the Ward Melville Patriots (East Setauket, NY) and the host Riverhead Blue Waves (Riverhead, NY), witnessed Ward Melville's basketball squad crush Riverhead by a margin of 63-40.

The Patriots (3-2) will now prepare for their test against Sachem East (Farmingville, NY). The go into the Section 11 AAA-1 test with a 1-0 record. In their last test, Sachem East walloped Walt Whitman (Huntington Station, NY), 49-44, in a league test.

The Blue Waves now own a 0-6 record. They play next when they travel to Greenport for a non-league test on Thursday, December 28.