In Thursday's non-league outing, the Fort Cherry Rangers (McDonald, PA) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting McGuffey Highlanders (Claysville, PA), by a count of 69-41.

The Rangers (7-2) will now prepare for their outing against Chartiers-Houston (Houston, PA). The Buccaneers go into the WPIAL 2A 4 outing with a 8-1 record. In their last outing, Chartiers-Houston smashed South Side (Hookstown, PA), 65-50, in a non-league outing.

The Highlanders now hold a 6-5 record. They play next when they travel to Burgettstown for a non-league outing on Friday, December 30. McGuffey will clash with a Blue Devils squad coming off a 57-41 non-league win over Avella (Avella, PA). The Blue Devils record now stands at 3-3.