The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central Bluejays (Petersburg, IL) and the host Havana Ducks (Havana, IL), observed PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central's basketball team edge Havana by a margin of 45-44.

The Bluejays (16-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Riverton (Riverton, IL). The Hawks come into the Sangamo challenge with a 2-15 record. In their last challenge, Riverton was tipped by Carlinville (Carlinville, IL), 57-21, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Ducks battle the Midwest Central/Delavan Raiders (Manito, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 16. Havana will attempt to better on its 13-8 season record. The Raiders come into the challenge with a 5-12 record after their 45-19 league win over Peoria Heights (Peoria Heights, IL).