The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the West Branch Bears (West Branch, IA) and the visiting Lisbon Lions (Lisbon, IA), observed West Branch's basketball team edge Lisbon by a score of 51-46.

The Bears (3-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Morning Star Academy (Bettendorf, IA). The Mustangs come into the non-league challenge with a 11-5 record. In their last challenge, Morning Star Academy edged Galesburg Christian (Galesburg, IL), 46-21, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Calamus-Wheatland Warriors (Wheatland, IA) in a Tri-Rivers - East challenge, on Friday, January 24. Lisbon will attempt to improve on its 8-9 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 11-7 record after their 54-41 non-league win over North Cedar (Stanwood, IA).