The Hanover Area Hawkeyes basketball team (Hanover Township, PA), was overwhelmed 40-9 in Thursday's league battle with the visiting Holy Redeemer Royals (Wilkes-Barre, PA)

The Royals now possess a 11-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Wyoming Area for a Wyoming Valley 3 battle on Monday, February 7.

The Hawkeyes (1-11) will now prepare for their battle against MMI Preparatory School (Freeland, PA). The come into the Wyoming Valley 3 battle with a 0-14 record. In their last battle, MMI Preparatory School was overwhelmed by Notre Dame (East Stroudsburg, PA), 35-17, in a non-league battle.