The Sandwich Indians basketball team (Sandwich, IL), was toppled 57-40 in Thursday's non-league battle with the host Newark Norsemen (Newark, IL)

The Norsemen now possess a 10-11 record. They put it on the line next when they host Hiawatha for a Little Ten battle on Monday, February 5. Newark will confront a Hawks team coming off a 50-40 non-league loss to Alden-Hebron (Hebron, IL). The Hawks record now stands at 8-21.

The Indians (6-22) will now prepare for their battle against Woodstock North (Woodstock, IL). The Thunder come into the Kishwaukee River battle with a 14-11 record. In their last battle, Woodstock North beat Richmond-Burton (Richmond, IL), 41-20, in a league battle.