The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Hubbard Eagles (Hubbard, OH) and the host McKinley Red Dragons (Niles, OH), observed Hubbard's basketball team edge McKinley by a score of 59-57.

The Eagles (8-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Struthers (Struthers, OH). The Wildcats come into the Northeast Eight challenge with a 5-11 record. In their last challenge, Struthers was tipped by South Range (Canfield, OH), 38-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Red Dragons encounter the Poland Seminary Bulldogs (Poland, OH) in a Northeast Eight challenge, on Monday, January 27. McKinley will attempt to improve on its 8-9 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 9-7 record after their 42-24 non-league loss to Marlington (Alliance, OH).