In Thursday's league outing, the Rich Township Raptors (Olympia Fields, IL) basketball squad beat the host Bloom Blazing Trojan (Chicago Heights, IL), by a count of 39-30.

The Raptors (11-11) will now prepare for their outing against Crete-Monee (Crete, IL). The Warriors go into the Southland outing with a 11-15 record. In their last outing, Crete-Monee was topped by Kankakee (Kankakee, IL), 39-34, in a league outing.

The Blazing Trojan now hold a 11-13 record. They play next when they travel to Phillips for a Chicago Public - Red South Central outing on Friday, February 3. Bloom will clash with a Wildcats squad coming off a 60-43 non-league win over Westinghouse (Chicago, IL). The Wildcats record now stands at 17-10.