The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Bellevue Comets (Bellevue, IA) and the visiting Beckman Trailblazers (Dyersville, IA), observed Bellevue's basketball team edge Beckman by a score of 55-50.

The Comets (6-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Calamus-Wheatland (Wheatland, IA). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 6-7 record. In their last challenge, Calamus-Wheatland edged Easton Valley (Preston, IA), 80-52, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Trailblazers encounter the Camanche Indians (Camanche, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Beckman will attempt to improve on its 5-6 season record. The Indians come into the challenge with a 2-11 record after their 61-46 non-league loss to Warren (Warren, IL).