The Mahanoy Area Golden Bears (Mahanoy City, PA) basketball crushed the host Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils (Shenandoah, PA), 62-34 in Monday's non-league bout.

The Golden Bears now possess a 10-0 record. They play next when they travel to Marian Catholic for a non-league bout on Friday, January 3. Mahanoy Area will play a team coming off a 50-39 non-league loss to Panther Valley (Lansford, PA). The record now stands at 5-4.

With the loss, Shenandoah Valley falls to 3-6 on the campaign. The Blue devils travel to MMI Preparatory School (Freeland, PA) to play the in a non-league bout on Thursday, January 2. The go into the bout with a record of 0-5. MMI Preparatory School lost 58-28 in their recent non-league bout against Marian Catholic (Tamaqua, PA)