The Hickory Flat Rebels (Hickory Flat, MS) basketball crushed the visiting Walnut Wildcats (Walnut, MS), 97-62 in Friday's league test.

The Rebels (9-4) will now prepare for their test against East Union (Blue Springs, MS). The Urchins go into the 2A Region 1 test with a 4-6 record. In their last test, East Union was trounced by Ingomar (New Albany, MS), 75-56, in a non-league test.

The Wildcats now own a 1-12 record. They take the field next when they travel to Falkner for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 16. Walnut will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 57-43 league loss to Pine Grove (Ripley, MS). The Eagles record now stands at 7-7.