The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds (Lima, OH) and the visiting Bluffton Pirates (Bluffton, OH), observed Lima Central Catholic's basketball team edge Bluffton by a score of 56-53.

The Thunderbirds (8-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Elida (Elida, OH). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 8-5 record. In their last challenge, Elida edged Bryan (Bryan, OH), 48-36, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates encounter the Liberty-Benton Eagles (Findlay, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 18. Bluffton will attempt to improve on its 9-3 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 11-1 record after their 50-34 non-league win over Allen East (Harrod, OH).