The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Highland Bulldogs (Highland, IL) and the visiting Mascoutah Indians (Mascoutah, IL), observed Highland's basketball team knock off Mascoutah by a score of 53-34.

The Bulldogs (11-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Carlyle (Carlyle, IL). The Indians/Lady Indians come into the non-league challenge with a 17-3 record. In their last challenge, Carlyle prevailed over Chester (Chester, IL), 74-27, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians encounter the Belleville East Lancers (Belleville, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 27. Mascoutah will attempt to improve on its 3-16 season record. The Lancers come into the challenge with a 11-7 record after their 56-45 non-league loss to Mater Dei (Breese, IL).