Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Colo-NESCO Royals (Colo, IA) and the host North Tama Red Hawks (Traer, IA), saw Colo-NESCO's basketball squad hold off North Tama by a tally of 56-54.

With the victory, Colo-NESCO improves its record to 7-5 on the campaign. The Royals host GMG (Garwin, IA) to confront the Wolverines in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, January 24. The Wolverines come into the challenge with a record of 7-6. GMG won 59-32 in their recent non-league challenge against BCLUW (Conrad, IA)

Next up, the Red Hawks confront the Collins-Maxwell-Baxter Raiders (Maxwell, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 24. North Tama will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record.