The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Spencerville Bearcats (Spencerville, OH) and the host St. John's Bluejays (Delphos, OH), observed Spencerville's basketball team edge St. John's by a score of 65-61.

The Bearcats (15-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Bluffton (Bluffton, OH). The Pirates come into the Northwest challenge with a 10-4 record. In their last challenge, Bluffton edged Pandora-Gilboa (Pandora, OH), 70-44, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bluejays encounter the Versailles Tigers (Versailles, OH) in a Midwest challenge, on Friday, January 31. St. John's will attempt to improve on its 14-1 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 14-3 record after their 63-48 non-league win over Greenville (Greenville, OH).