The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Whiteoak Wildcats (Mowrystown, OH) and the visiting Fayetteville-Perry Rockets (Fayetteville, OH), observed Whiteoak's basketball team edge Fayetteville-Perry by a margin of 48-45.

The Wildcats (7-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington (Ripley, OH). The Blue Jays come into the Southern Hills challenge with a 2-13 record.

In their next game, the Rockets battle the North Adams Green Devils (Seaman, OH) in a Southern Hills challenge, on Saturday, January 25. Fayetteville-Perry will attempt to better on its 10-7 season record. The Green Devils come into the challenge with a 10-4 record after their 91-72 league win over Fayetteville-Perry (Fayetteville, OH).