The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Rockets (Eddyville, IA) and the visiting Cardinal Comets (Eldon, IA), observed Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont's basketball team overwhelm Cardinal by a score of 78-43.

The Rockets (1-15) will now prepare for their challenge against Clarke (Osceola, IA). The Indians come into the South Central challenge with a 3-12 record. In their last challenge, Clarke was routed by Albia (Albia, IA), 80-43, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Comets encounter the Davis County Mustangs (Bloomfield, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Cardinal will attempt to improve on its 1-12 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 10-6 record after their 54-44 non-league win over Danville (Danville, IA).