The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Crab Orchard Trojans (Marion, IL) and the host Pope County Pirates (Golconda, IL), observed Crab Orchard's basketball team overwhelm Pope County by a score of 93-59.

The Trojans (14-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Norris City-Omaha-Enfield (Norris City, IL). The Fighting Cardinals come into the non-league challenge with a 11-13 record.

In their next game, the Pirates encounter the Century Centurions (Ullin, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 8. Pope County will attempt to improve on its 4-16 season record. The Centurions come into the challenge with a 16-9 record after their 84-51 league loss to Meridian (Mounds, IL).