Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Garden Plain Owls (Garden Plain, KS) and the host Halstead Dragons (Halstead, KS), saw Garden Plain's basketball squad overcome Halstead by a tally of 69-53.

With the victory, Garden Plain improves its record to 5-8 on the campaign. The Owls travel to Cheney (Cheney, KS) to confront the Cardinals in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, January 30. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a record of 9-2. Cheney won 47-43 in their recent non-league challenge against Concordia (Concordia, KS)

Next up, the Dragons confront the Council Grove Braves (Council Grove, KS) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 22. Halstead will attempt to improve on its 2-8 season record. The Braves come into the challenge with a 3-7 record after their 68-35 non-league loss to Lyndon (Lyndon, KS).