The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Athens Indians (Athens, MI) and the host St. Philip Catholic Central Fighting Tigers (Battle Creek, MI), observed Athens's basketball team edge St. Philip Catholic Central by a score of 51-50.

The Indians (4-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Bellevue (Bellevue, MI). The Broncos come into the Southern Central challenge with a 2-3 record.

In their next game, the Fighting Tigers encounter the Calhoun Christian Cougars (Battle Creek, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 17. St. Philip Catholic Central will attempt to improve on its 3-6 season record. The Cougars come into the challenge with a 4-5 record after their 38-25 non-league win over Kellogg (Delton, MI).