Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Elm Creek Buffaloes (Elm Creek, NE) and the visiting Axtell Wildcats (Axtell, NE), saw Elm Creek's basketball squad hold off Axtell by a tally of 32-29.

With the victory, Elm Creek improves its record to 10-2 on the campaign. The Buffaloes travel to Kenesaw (Kenesaw, NE) to play the Blue Devils in a non-league challenge on Saturday, January 14. The Blue Devils come into the challenge with a record of 0-2. Kenesaw lost 42-33 in their recent non-league challenge against Doniphan-Trumbull (Doniphan, NE)