In Friday's non-league outing, the Crete-Monee Warriors (Crete, IL) basketball squad edged the visiting Thornwood Thunderbirds (South Holland, IL), by a count of 60-56.

The Warriors (8-8) will now prepare for their outing against Hyde Park (Chicago, IL). The Thunderbirds go into the non-league outing with a 10-4 record. In their last outing, Hyde Park was tipped by Rich Township (Olympia Fields, IL), 67-59, in a non-league outing.

The Thunderbirds now hold a 7-8 record. They play next when they host King for a non-league outing on Wednesday, January 3. Thornwood will clash with a Jaguars squad coming off a 58-46 non-league win over Julian (Chicago, IL). The Jaguars record now stands at 7-3.