The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Liberty Common Eagles (Fort Collins, CO) and the visiting Lyons Lions (Lyons, CO), observed Liberty Common's basketball team overwhelm Lyons by a score of 51-27.

The Eagles (5-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Frontier Academy (Greeley, CO). The Wolverines come into the 3A Patriot challenge with a 3-9 record. In their last challenge, Frontier Academy was routed by Resurrection Christian (Loveland, CO), 91-25, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Front Range Christian Falcons (Littleton, CO) in a 3A/2A/1A Mile High challenge, on Friday, January 17. Lyons will attempt to improve on its 7-2 season record. The Falcons come into the challenge with a 1-7 record after their 35-23 non-league loss to Denver Jewish Day (Denver, CO).