The Ava Bears (Ava, MO) basketball crushed the visiting Cabool Bulldogs (Cabool, MO), 87-53 in Monday's league test.

The Bears (9-5) will now prepare for their test against Thayer (Thayer, MO). The Bobcats go into the South Central test with a 12-9 record. In their last test, Thayer walloped Salem (Salem, MO), 59-53, in a league test.

The Bulldogs now own a 10-12 record. They take the field next when they travel to Houston for a South Central test on Tuesday, February 15. Cabool will clash with a Tigers squad coming off a 81-47 league loss to Liberty (Mountain View, MO). The Tigers record now stands at 1-12.