The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Gehlen Catholic Jays (Le Mars, IA) and the visiting Hinton Blackhawks (Hinton, IA), observed Gehlen Catholic's basketball team edge Hinton by a score of 50-46.

The Jays (8-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Newell-Fonda (Newell, IA). The Mustangs come into the non-league challenge with a 5-4 record. In their last challenge, Newell-Fonda edged Pocahontas (Pocahontas, IA), 57-46, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Blackhawks encounter the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Hawks (Hartley, IA) in a War Eagle challenge, on Friday, January 17. Hinton will attempt to improve on its 10-2 season record.