The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs (Lynchburg, OH) and the visiting Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Blue Jays (Ripley, OH), observed Lynchburg-Clay's basketball team edge Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington by a score of 42-41.

The Mustangs (6-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Eastern (Sardinia, OH). The Warriors come into the Southern Hills challenge with a 10-4 record. In their last challenge, Eastern edged Peebles (Peebles, OH), 54-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Blue Jays encounter the North Adams Green Devils (Seaman, OH) in a Southern Hills challenge, on Wednesday, January 15. Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington will attempt to improve on its 6-5 season record. The Green Devils come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 51-35 league win over West Union (West Union, OH).