The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Conestoga Cougars (Murray, NE) and the host Nebraska City Pioneers (Nebraska City, NE), observed Conestoga's basketball team edge Nebraska City by a score of 53-49.

The Cougars (4-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Elmwood-Murdock (Murdock, NE). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 5-5 record. In their last challenge, Elmwood-Murdock was tipped by Auburn (Auburn, NE), 62-39, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pioneers encounter the Wahoo Warriors (Wahoo, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Nebraska City will attempt to improve on its 1-9 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 7-2 record after their 69-60 non-league win over Lincoln Lutheran (Lincoln, NE).