The Lathrop Spartans (Lathrop, CA) basketball crushed the visiting Franklin Yellowjackets (Stockton, CA), 73-22 in Thursday's non-league test.

The Spartans (4-2) will now prepare for their test against Kimball (Tracy, CA). The Jaguars go into the non-league test with a 5-0 record. In their last test, Kimball walloped Edison (Stockton, CA), 64-46, in a non-league test.

The Yellowjackets now own a 0-5 record. They play next when they travel to Edison for a non-league test on Friday, December 9. Franklin will encounter a Vikings squad coming off a 64-46 non-league loss to Kimball (Tracy, CA). The Vikings record now stands at 2-3.