The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Bishop McNamara Fightin' Irish (Kankakee, IL) and the visiting Wheaton Academy Warriors (West Chicago, IL), observed Bishop McNamara's basketball team knock off Wheaton Academy by a score of 68-52.

The Fightin' Irish (16-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Chicago Hope Academy (Chicago, IL). The come into the Chicagoland Christian challenge with a 12-6 record. In their last challenge, Chicago Hope Academy prevailed over Chicago Christian (Palos Heights, IL), 60-42, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Warriors encounter the Aurora Christian Eagles (Aurora, IL) in a Chicagoland Christian challenge, on Thursday, January 23. Wheaton Academy will attempt to improve on its 8-8 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 4-12 record after their 63-41 league loss to Timothy Christian (Elmhurst, IL).