The Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies (Johnstown, OH) basketball crushed the visiting Newark Catholic Green Wave (Newark, OH), 63-33 in Friday's league test.

The Johnnies (12-9) will now prepare for their test against Bishop Hartley (Columbus, OH). The Hawks go into the non-league test with a 17-3 record. In their last test, Bishop Hartley walloped St. Charles (Columbus, OH), 63-38, in a league test.

The Green Wave now own a 3-17 record. They play next when they travel to Granville Christian Academy for a non-league test on Saturday, February 17. Newark Catholic will encounter a squad coming off a 55-54 non-league loss to East Knox (Howard, OH). The record now stands at 6-13.