The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Hamlin Chargers (Hayti, SD) and the visiting Webster Bearcats (Webster, SD), witnessed Hamlin's basketball squad rout Webster by a count of 68-30.

With the victory, Hamlin advances its record to 6-1 on the year. The Chargers travel to DeSmet (DeSmet, SD) to battle the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Monday, January 19. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a record of 9-1. DeSmet lost 73-42 in their recent non-league challenge against Clark/Willow Lake (Clark, SD)

In their next game, the Bearcats battle the Dakota Hills [Wilmot/Waubay/Summit] Grizzlies (Wilmot, SD) in a non-league match, on Friday, January 16. Webster will attempt to advance on its 4-6 season record.