The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Adams Central Patriots (Hastings, NE) and the host Hastings Tigers (Hastings, NE), observed Adams Central's basketball team edge Hastings by a count of 41-36.

With the victory, Adams Central advances its record to 8-2 on the year. The Patriots host Holdrege (Holdrege, NE) to meet the Dusters in a non-league battle on Tuesday, January 13. The Dusters enter the battle with a record of 3-8. Holdrege won 72-56 in their recent non-league battle against North Platte (North Platte, NE)

The Tigers now own a 0-9 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Lexington for a B District 7 battle on Saturday, January 10. Hastings will meet a Minutemen squad coming off a 54-53 non-league loss to Loomis (Loomis, NE). The Minutemen record now stands at 1-9.