The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Vandalia Vandals (Vandalia, IL) and the host Sesser-Valier Red Devils (Sesser, IL), observed Vandalia's basketball team edge Sesser-Valier by a score of 71-67.

The Vandals (9-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Hamilton County (McLeansboro, IL). The Foxes come into the non-league challenge with a 13-4 record. In their last challenge, Hamilton County edged Roosevelt/Carnahan (St. Louis, MO), 59-28, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Red Devils encounter the Roosevelt Roughriders (St. Louis, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 25. Sesser-Valier will attempt to improve on its 5-13 season record. The Roughriders come into the challenge with a 3-6 record after their 83-49 non-league loss to Gateway Tech (St. Louis, MO).