The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Alcester-Hudson Cubs (Alcester, SD) and the host Canistota Hawks (Canistota, SD), observed Alcester-Hudson's basketball team edge Canistota by a score of 50-49.

The Cubs (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Chester (Chester, SD). The Flyers come into the non-league challenge with a 0-8 record. In their last challenge, Chester was tipped by Beresford (Beresford, SD), 70-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hawks battle the Parkston Trojans (Parkston, SD) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Canistota will attempt to improve on its 0-6 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 7-1 record after their 57-50 non-league win over Miller (Miller, SD).