The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the West Branch Bears (West Branch, IA) and the visiting Durant Wildcats (Durant, IA), observed West Branch's basketball team overwhelm Durant by a score of 66-36.

The Bears (5-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Mid-Prairie (Wellman, IA). The Golden Hawks come into the River Valley challenge with a 11-2 record. In their last challenge, Mid-Prairie trounced Tipton (Tipton, IA), 78-42, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the Cascade Cougars (Cascade, IA) in a River Valley challenge, on Saturday, January 18. Durant will attempt to improve on its 2-11 season record. The Cougars come into the challenge with a 9-1 record after their 82-45 league win over Bellevue (Bellevue, IA).