The Crystal City Hornets (Crystal City, MO) basketball crushed the visiting Herculaneum Black Cats (Herculaneum, MO), 66-45 in Friday's league test.

The Hornets (6-15) will now prepare for their test against Crossroads (St. Louis, MO). The go into the non-league test with a 1-12 record. In their last test, Crossroads was trounced by Valley Park (Valley Park, MO), 59-19, in a league test.

The Black Cats now own a 8-11 record. They play next when they host Bismarck for a non-league test on Tuesday, February 13. Herculaneum will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 71-37 non-league loss to Greenville (Greenville, MO). The Indians record now stands at 7-13.