The Gibault Catholic Hawks (Waterloo, IL) basketball edged the host New Athens Yellow Jackets (New Athens, IL), 66-63 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Hawks now possess a 5-12 record. They play next when they travel to Columbia for a non-league bout on Tuesday, January 21. Gibault Catholic will play a Eagles team coming off a 77-49 non-league win over Cahokia (Cahokia, IL). The Eagles record now stands at 14-4.

With the loss, New Athens falls to 11-6 on the campaign. The Yellow jackets travel to Chester (Chester, IL) to play the Yellowjackets in a non-league bout on Tuesday, January 21. The Yellowjackets go into the bout with a record of 7-11. Chester lost 45-35 in their recent non-league bout against Sparta (Sparta, IL)