The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Forest City Indians (Forest City, IA) and the host Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals (Garner, IA), observed Forest City's basketball team overwhelm Garner-Hayfield/Ventura by a score of 70-43.

The Indians (10-3) will now prepare for their challenge against North Union (Armstrong, IA). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 5-8 record. In their last challenge, North Union trounced North Iowa (Buffalo Center, IA), 63-41, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals encounter the West Hancock Eagles (Britt, IA) in a North Iowa challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura will attempt to improve on its 7-6 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 2-14 record after their 54-39 non-league loss to Eagle Grove (Eagle Grove, IA).