The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the West Salem Panthers (West Salem, WI) and the visiting Luther Knights (Onalaska, WI), observed West Salem's basketball team overwhelm Luther by a score of 88-58.

The Panthers (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Westby (Westby, WI). The Norsemen come into the Coulee challenge with a 4-7 record. In their last challenge, Westby trounced Viroqua (Viroqua, WI), 74-64, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Knights encounter the Black River Falls Tigers (Black River Falls, WI) in a Coulee challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Luther will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 0-9 record after their 62-42 non-league loss to Fall Creek (Fall Creek, WI).