The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Mandeville Skippers (Mandeville, LA) and the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Falcons (Hammond, LA), observed Mandeville's basketball team overwhelm St. Thomas Aquinas by a score of 71-36.

The Skippers (16-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Amite (Amite, LA). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 6-11 record. In their last challenge, Amite was routed by Edna Karr (New Orleans, LA), 71-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons encounter the St. Helena College and Career Academy Hawks (Greensburg, LA) in a 2A District 9 challenge, on Friday, January 17. St. Thomas Aquinas will attempt to improve on its 7-16 season record. The Hawks come into the challenge with a 3-6 record after their 34-29 non-league win over Bogalusa (Bogalusa, LA).