The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Atlantic Trojans (Atlantic, IA) and the host Treynor Cardinals (Treynor, IA), observed Atlantic's basketball team edge Treynor by a score of 59-53.

The Trojans (11-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Creston (Creston, IA). The Panthers come into the Hawkeye Ten challenge with a 5-10 record. In their last challenge, Creston was tipped by Kuemper (Carroll, IA), 54-42, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals encounter the Nodaway Valley Wolverines (Greenfield, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 23. Treynor will attempt to improve on its 12-2 season record. The Wolverines come into the challenge with a 5-10 record after their 73-68 league loss to Lenox (Lenox, IA).