The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears (Algona, IA) and the host Humboldt Wildcats (Humboldt, IA), observed Bishop Garrigan's basketball team overwhelm Humboldt by a score of 69-42.

The Golden Bears (15-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Eagle Grove (Eagle Grove, IA). The Eagles come into the North Central challenge with a 1-14 record. In their last challenge, Eagle Grove was routed by Belmond-Klemme (Belmond, IA), 58-28, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the Webster City Lynx (Webster City, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 24. Humboldt will attempt to improve on its 8-8 season record. The Lynx come into the challenge with a 2-12 record after their 45-25 non-league loss to Hampton-Dumont/CAL (Hampton, IA).