The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Kickapoo Panthers (Viola, WI) and the visiting De Soto Pirates (De Soto, WI), observed Kickapoo's basketball team edge De Soto by a score of 41-39.

The Panthers (8-4) will now prepare for their challenge against North Crawford (Soldiers Grove, WI). The Trojans come into the Ridge & Valley challenge with a 12-0 record. In their last challenge, North Crawford edged St. Ambrose Academy (Madison, WI), 68-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates encounter the Brookwood Falcons (Ontario, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 20. De Soto will attempt to improve on its 5-6 season record. The Falcons come into the challenge with a 2-8 record after their 68-37 league loss to Hillsboro (Hillsboro, WI).