The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Annandale Cardinals (Annandale, MN) and the host Central Raiders (Norwood-Young America, MN), observed Annandale's basketball team edge Central by a score of 55-54.

The Cardinals (8-1) will now prepare for their challenge against New London-Spicer (New London, MN). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 11-0 record. In their last challenge, New London-Spicer edged Dassel-Cokato (Cokato, MN), 79-53, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Raiders encounter the Dassel-Cokato Chargers (Cokato, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Central will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record. The Chargers come into the challenge with a 9-5 record after their 79-53 non-league loss to New London-Spicer (New London, MN).