The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Hillsboro Hawks (Hillsboro, MO) and the host Festus Tigers (Festus, MO), observed Hillsboro's basketball team edge Festus by a score of 40-37.

The Hawks (7-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Farmington (Farmington, MO). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 13-1 record. In their last challenge, Farmington edged Central (Park Hills, MO), 84-52, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Valle Catholic Warriors (Ste. Genevieve, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Festus will attempt to improve on its 6-4 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 6-5 record after their 58-40 non-league win over Saxony Lutheran (Jackson, MO).