The Atholton Raiders (Columbia, MD) basketball crushed the host Long Reach Lightning (Columbia, MD), 45-13 in Friday's league bout.

The Raiders now possess a 8-10 record. They play next when they host Wilde Lake for a Howard County bout on Tuesday, February 18. Atholton will play a Wildecats team coming off a 54-42 league loss to Howard (Ellicott City, MD). The Wildecats record now stands at 7-9.

With the loss, Long Reach falls to 7-12 on the campaign. The Lightning host River Hill (Clarksville, MD) to play the Hawks in a Howard County bout on Wednesday, February 19. The Hawks go into the bout with a record of 14-5. River Hill won 82-32 in their recent non-league bout against Guilford Park (Jessup, MD)