The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Richland Center Hornets (Richland Center, WI) and the visiting River Valley Blackhawks (Spring Green, WI), observed Richland Center's basketball team overcome River Valley by a score of 61-52.

The Hornets (5-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Indian Trail (Kenosha, WI). The Hawks come into the non-league challenge with a 1-7 record. In their last challenge, Indian Trail dropped by Madison La Follette (Madison, WI), 100-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Blackhawks battle the Fennimore Golden Eagles (Fennimore, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 6. River Valley will attempt to improve on its 5-3 season record. The Golden Eagles come into the challenge with a 1-7 record after their 63-35 league loss to Mineral Point (Mineral Point, WI).