The Chadron Cardinals (Chadron, NE) basketball crushed the visiting Gering Bulldogs (Gering, NE), 71-43 in Saturday's non-league test.

The Cardinals (5-0) will now prepare for their test against Niobrara County (Lusk, WY). The Tigers go into the non-league test with a 3-2 record. In their last test, Niobrara County walloped Greybull (Greybull, WY), 60-40, in a non-league test.

The Bulldogs now own a 3-3 record. They take the field next when they travel to Wheatland for a non-league test on Tuesday, December 16. Gering will clash with a Bulldogs squad coming off a 56-51 league win over Douglas (Douglas, WY). The Bulldogs record now stands at 4-0.