The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Unity Christian Knights (Orange City, IA) and the visiting Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Hawks (Hartley, IA), observed Unity Christian's basketball team knock off Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn by a score of 62-51.

The Knights (7-4) will now prepare for their challenge against West Lyon (Inwood, IA). The Wildcats come into the Siouxland challenge with a 5-3 record.

In their next game, the Hawks encounter the George-Little Rock Mustangs (George, IA) in a Siouxland challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 6-3 record after their 63-33 league win over Boyden-Hull (Hull, IA).