The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Janesville Craig Cougars (Janesville, WI) and the visiting Madison La Follette Lancers (Madison, WI), observed Janesville Craig's basketball team edge Madison La Follette by a margin of 78-73.

The Cougars (9-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Verona (Verona, WI). The Wildcats come into the Big Eight challenge with a 11-2 record. In their last challenge, Verona was tipped by Sun Prairie East (Sun Prairie, WI), 98-79, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lancers battle the Madison West Regents (Madison, WI) in a Big Eight challenge, on Saturday, January 18. Madison La Follette will attempt to better on its 6-5 season record. The Regents come into the challenge with a 3-9 record after their 74-65 league loss to Vel Phillips Memorial (Madison, WI).