The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Colby Eagles (Colby, KS) and the host Hugoton Eagles (Hugoton, KS), observed Colby's basketball team edge Hugoton by a score of 57-56.

The Eagles (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Goodland (Goodland, KS). The Cowboys come into the Great Western challenge with a 7-1 record. In their last challenge, Goodland edged Ulysses (Ulysses, KS), 62-47, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles encounter the Hooker Bulldogs (Hooker, OK) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Hugoton will attempt to improve on its 3-4 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 7-2 record after their 71-43 non-league win over Canute (Canute, OK).