In Thursday's non-league outing, the Deshler Dragons (Deshler, NE) basketball squad overwhelmed the host Red Cloud Warriors (Red Cloud, NE), by a margin of 71-38.

The Dragons (18-1) will now prepare for their outing against Blue Hill (Blue Hill, NE). The Bobcats go into the non-league outing with a 10-9 record. In their last outing, Blue Hill was trounced by Clay Center (Clay Center, NE), 62-46, in a non-league outing.

The Warriors now own a 8-11 record. They take the field next when they travel to Kenesaw for a D1 District 4 outing on Friday, February 8. Red Cloud will encounter a Blue Devils squad coming off a 58-45 non-league loss to Overton (Overton, NE). The Blue Devils record now stands at 10-6.