The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the North Scott Lancers (Eldridge, IA) and the host Pleasant Valley Spartans (Pleasant Valley, IA), observed North Scott's basketball team edge Pleasant Valley by a score of 54-49.

The Lancers (5-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Bettendorf (Bettendorf, IA). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 8-4 record. In their last challenge, Bettendorf was tipped by Davenport Central (Davenport, IA), 65-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans encounter the Assumption Knights (Davenport, IA) in a Mississippi challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Pleasant Valley will attempt to improve on its 6-6 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 6-6 record after their 80-61 league loss to Muscatine (Muscatine, IA).