In Friday's league outing, the Thornwood Thunderbirds (South Holland, IL) basketball squad nipped the visiting Crete-Monee Warriors (Crete, IL), by a margin of 44-37.

The Thunderbirds (4-3) will now prepare for their outing against Bloom (Chicago Heights, IL). The Blazing Trojan go into the Southland outing with a 5-2 record. In their last outing, Bloom was tipped by Brother Rice (Chicago, IL), 47-45, in a non-league outing.

The Warriors now own a 5-4 record. They play next when they travel to Riverside-Brookfield for a non-league outing on Tuesday, December 12. Crete-Monee will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 57-48 non-league win over Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City, IL). The Bulldogs record now stands at 7-1.