The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Park Center Pirates (Brooklyn Park, MN) and the host Centennial Cougars (Circle Pines, MN), observed Park Center's basketball team edge Centennial by a score of 54-48.

The Pirates (6-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Champlin Park (Champlin, MN). The Rebels come into the AAAA Section 5 challenge with a 8-3 record. In their last challenge, Champlin Park edged Osseo (Osseo, MN), 73-57, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Rogers Royals (Rogers, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 15. Centennial will attempt to improve on its 6-7 season record. The Royals come into the challenge with a 5-7 record after their 67-59 non-league loss to Blaine (Blaine, MN).