The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the St. Philip Catholic Central Fighting Tigers (Battle Creek, MI) and the visiting Howardsville Christian Eagles (Marcellus, MI), observed St. Philip Catholic Central's basketball team edge Howardsville Christian by a score of 65-58.

The Fighting Tigers (5-2) will now prepare for their challenge against East Jordan (East Jordan, MI). The Red Devils come into the non-league challenge with a 3-2 record. In their last challenge, East Jordan edged Boyne City (Boyne City, MI), 55-44, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Lakers (St. Joseph, MI) in a Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph - White challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Howardsville Christian will attempt to improve on its 2-8 season record. The Lakers come into the challenge with a 2-4 record after their 65-43 league loss to Bridgman (Bridgman, MI).