Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Hillcrest Hawks (Country Club Hills, IL) and the host Richards Bulldogs (Oak Lawn, IL), witnessed Hillcrest's basketball squad beat Richards by a margin of 61-44.

The Hawks (15-11) will now prepare for their outing against Thornton Fractional North (Calumet City, IL). The Meteors go into the South Suburban outing with a 13-9 record. In their last outing, Thornton Fractional North thwarted Thornton Fractional South (Lansing, IL), 51-30, in a league outing.

The Bulldogs now own a 10-16 record. They play next when they host Argo for a South Suburban outing on Friday, February 9. Richards will encounter a Argonauts squad coming off a 59-57 league win over Tinley Park (Tinley Park, IL). The Argonauts record now stands at 8-20.