The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Miami East Vikings (Casstown, OH) and the host Covington Buccs (Covington, OH), observed Miami East's basketball team knock off Covington by a score of 60-44.

The Vikings (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Versailles (Versailles, OH). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 10-2 record. In their last challenge, Versailles prevailed over Franklin Monroe (Pitsburg, OH), 58-41, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Buccs encounter the Fairlawn Jets (Sidney, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Covington will attempt to improve on its 3-8 season record. The Jets come into the challenge with a 2-8 record after their 74-29 league loss to Russia (Russia, OH).