The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Boardman Spartans (Youngstown, OH) and the host Harding Raiders (Warren, OH), observed Boardman's basketball team edge Harding by a score of 37-35.

The Spartans (7-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, OH). The Cardinals come into the non-league challenge with a 3-12 record.

In their next game, the Raiders encounter the Canfield Cardinals (Canfield, OH) in a All-American challenge, on Saturday, January 18. Harding will attempt to improve on its 11-3 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 14-1 record after their 64-37 non-league loss to Washington (Massillon, OH).