In Monday's non-league outing, the Athens Bluejays (Athens, WI) basketball squad beat the visiting Nekoosa Papermakers (Nekoosa, WI), by a count of 66-50.

The Bluejays (5-7) will now prepare for their outing against Marathon (Marathon, WI). The Red Raiders go into the non-league outing with a 12-1 record. In their last outing, Marathon was topped by Mosinee (Mosinee, WI), 61-58, in a non-league outing.

The Papermakers now hold a 6-6 record. They play next when they host Wisconsin Dells for a South Central outing on Thursday, January 18. Nekoosa will clash with a Chiefs squad coming off a 70-61 non-league win over River Valley (Spring Green, WI). The Chiefs record now stands at 9-3.