Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] Cougars (Winchester, IL) and the visiting Metro-East Lutheran Knights (Edwardsville, IL), saw West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs]'s basketball squad wallop Metro-East Lutheran by a tally of 56-14.

With the victory, West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] improves its record to 9-7 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Staunton (Staunton, IL) to confront the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, January 24. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a record of 18-3. Staunton won 40-29 in their recent non-league challenge against Greenfield/Northwestern (Greenfield, IL)

Next up, the Knights confront the Greenfield/Northwestern Tigers (Greenfield, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 23. Metro-East Lutheran will attempt to improve on its 2-17 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 3-13 record after their 40-29 non-league loss to Staunton (Staunton, IL).