The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Cozad Haymakers (Cozad, NE) and the visiting St. Patrick's Irish (North Platte, NE), observed Cozad's basketball team knock off St. Patrick's by a score of 64-48.

The Haymakers (10-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Gothenburg (Gothenburg, NE). The Swedes come into the C1 District 11 challenge with a 6-4 record. In their last challenge, Gothenburg prevailed over Centura (Cairo, NE), 62-51, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Irish play the Broken Bow Indians (Broken Bow, NE) in a non-league bout, on Thursday, January 16. St. Patrick's will attempt to move on its 8-4 season record. The Indians go into the bout with a 4-7 record after their 63-41 non-league loss to Arlington (Arlington, NE).