The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Ralston Rams (Ralston, NE) and the visiting Beatrice Orangemen (Beatrice, NE), observed Ralston's basketball team edge Beatrice by a score of 45-38.

The Rams (6-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Ashland-Greenwood (Ashland, NE). The Bluejays come into the non-league challenge with a 10-4 record. In their last challenge, Ashland-Greenwood was tipped by Yutan (Yutan, NE), 55-46, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Orangemen encounter the Norris Titans (Firth, NE) in a B District 1 challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Beatrice will attempt to improve on its 2-11 season record.