In Friday's non-league outing, the Monticello Billies (Monticello, AR) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Junction City Dragons (Junction City, AR), by a count of 48-8.

The Billies (3-8) will now prepare for their outing against Warren (Warren, AR). The Lumberjacks go into the 4A Region 8 outing with a 0-5 record. In their last outing, Warren was crushed by White Hall (White Hall, AR), 45-39, in a non-league outing.

The Dragons now hold a 2-10 record. They play next when they travel to Dermott for a non-league outing on Thursday, January 4. Junction City will clash with a Rams squad coming off a 64-12 non-league loss to Drew Central (Monticello, AR). The Rams record now stands at 0-17.