The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the West Jefferson Roughriders (West Jefferson, OH) and the host Catholic Central Irish (Springfield, OH), observed West Jefferson's basketball team overwhelm Catholic Central by a score of 48-23.

The Roughriders (7-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Fairbanks (Milford Center, OH). The Panthers come into the Ohio Heritage challenge with a 7-4 record. In their last challenge, Fairbanks was routed by Greenon (Springfield, OH), 59-54, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Irish battle the Cedarville Indians (Cedarville, OH) in a Ohio Heritage challenge, on Wednesday, January 15. Catholic Central will attempt to improve on its 2-11 season record. The Indians come into the challenge with a 5-7 record after their 50-40 league loss to Mechanicsburg (Mechanicsburg, OH).