The Pleasant Plains Cardinals routed the host Maroa-Forsyth Trojans basketball team by a final score of 58-30 in Thursday's league game.

In their next game, the Cardinals face the Riverton Hawks (Riverton, IL) in a Sangamo game, on Monday, February 5. Pleasant Plains will attempt to move on its 21-6 season record. The Hawks enter the game with a 10-16 record after their 55-35 non-league loss to Clinton (Clinton, IL).

With the defeat, Maroa-Forsyth moves to 19-6 on the year. The Trojans travel to Auburn (Auburn, IL) to face the Trojans in a Sangamo game on Monday, February 5. The Trojans enter the game with a record of 15-14. Auburn won 43-36 in their recent league game against Illini Central/Greenview (Mason City, IL)