The Van Buren Black Knights (Van Buren, OH) basketball crushed the visiting Cory-Rawson Fighting Hornets (Rawson, OH), 73-34 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Black Knights now possess a 4-3 record. They play next when they travel to Liberty-Benton for a Blanchard Valley bout on Friday, January 3. Van Buren will play a Eagles team coming off a 69-62 non-league loss to Perrysburg (Perrysburg, OH). The Eagles record now stands at 7-1.

With the loss, Cory-Rawson falls to 0-9 on the campaign. The Fighting hornets host Temple Christian (Lima, OH) to play the Pioneers in a Northwest Central bout on Friday, January 3. The Pioneers go into the bout with a record of 4-5. Temple Christian lost 49-37 in their recent non-league bout against New Knoxville (New Knoxville, OH)