The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Grundy Center Spartans (Grundy Center, IA) and the visiting South Hardin Tigers (Eldora, IA), observed Grundy Center's basketball team edge South Hardin by a score of 47-46.

The Spartans (9-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Columbus (Waterloo, IA). The Sailors come into the non-league challenge with a 2-12 record. In their last challenge, Columbus was tipped by Dike-New Hartford (Dike, IA), 56-30, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels (Reinbeck, IA) in a North Iowa Cedar - West challenge, on Thursday, January 23. South Hardin will attempt to improve on its 4-9 season record. The Rebels come into the challenge with a 11-2 record after their 60-24 league win over AGWSR (Ackley, IA).