The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Climax-Scotts Panthers (Climax, MI) and the host Athens Indians (Athens, MI), observed Climax-Scotts's basketball team overwhelm Athens by a score of 59-31.

The Panthers (9-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Bellevue (Bellevue, MI). The Broncos come into the Southern Central challenge with a 4-3 record. In their last challenge, Bellevue trounced Mendon (Mendon, MI), 39-35, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians encounter the Colon Magi (Colon, MI) in a Southern Central challenge, on Monday, January 27. Athens will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record. The Magi come into the challenge with a 2-9 record after their 50-42 league loss to St. Philip Catholic Central (Battle Creek, MI).