The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Owen-Withee Blackhawks (Owen, WI) and the host Gilman Pirates (Gilman, WI), observed Owen-Withee's basketball team overcome Gilman by a score of 56-48.

The Blackhawks (12-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Thorp (Thorp, WI). The Cardinals come into the non-league challenge with a 0-12 record. In their last challenge, Thorp dropped by Fall Creek (Fall Creek, WI), 63-16, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates battle the Cornell Chiefs (Cornell, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 20. Gilman will attempt to improve on its 8-6 season record. The Chiefs come into the challenge with a 3-10 record after their 56-32 league loss to Clayton (Clayton, WI).