The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the St. Edmund Fighting Blue Jays (Eunice, LA) and the host St. Joseph's - Plaucheville Eagles (Plaucheville, LA), observed St. Edmund's basketball team overwhelm St. Joseph's - Plaucheville by a margin of 61-35.

The Fighting Blue Jays (15-3) will now prepare for their challenge against North Central (Lebeau, LA). The Hurricanes come into the 1A District 5 challenge with a 9-13 record. In their last challenge, North Central was trounced by Jennings (Jennings, LA), 46-34, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Holy Savior Menard Eagles (Alexandria, LA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. St. Joseph's - Plaucheville will attempt to better on its 5-19 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 7-8 record after their 55-43 league win over Rapides (Lecompte, LA).