The New Castle Hurricanes (New Castle, PA) basketball crushed the visiting East (Youngstown, OH), 78-35 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Hurricanes (1-0) will now prepare for their test against Kiski Area (Vandergrift, PA). The Cavaliers go into the non-league test with a 1-1 record. In their last test, Kiski Area was trounced by Armstrong (Kittanning, PA), 58-37, in a non-league test.

The now own a 2-1 record. They play next when they host Canfield for a non-league test on Tuesday, December 6. East will encounter a Cardinals squad coming off a 71-30 non-league win over Lakeview (Cortland, OH). The Cardinals record now stands at 1-0.