The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Taylor County Cardinals (Campbellsville, KY) and the host Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroons (Madisonville, KY), observed Taylor County's basketball team knock off Madisonville-North Hopkins by a score of 78-64.

The Cardinals (12-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Caverna (Horse Cave, KY). The Colonels come into the non-league challenge with a 8-8 record. In their last challenge, Caverna prevailed over Fort Campbell (Fort Campbell, KY), 80-48, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Maroons encounter the Hopkins County Central Storm (Madisonville, KY) in a District 7 challenge, on Monday, January 20. Madisonville-North Hopkins will attempt to improve on its 9-5 season record. The Storm come into the challenge with a 4-7 record after their 84-53 league loss to Caldwell County (Princeton, KY).