The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Arcanum Trojans (Arcanum, OH) and the host Riverside Pirates (De Graff, OH), observed Arcanum's basketball team edge Riverside by a score of 79-72.

The Trojans (9-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Union City (Union City, IN). The Indians come into the non-league challenge with a 2-7 record. In their last challenge, Union City was tipped by Northeastern (Fountain City, IN), 71-33, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates encounter the Northridge Polar Bears (Dayton, OH) in a Three Rivers challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Riverside will attempt to improve on its 2-11 season record. The Polar Bears come into the challenge with a 11-3 record after their 62-47 league win over Miami East (Casstown, OH).