The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the West Bend West Spartans (West Bend, WI) and the host West Allis Hale Huskies (West Allis, WI), observed West Bend West's basketball team edge West Allis Hale by a score of 55-53.

The Spartans (8-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Homestead (Mequon, WI). The Highlanders come into the North Shore challenge with a 10-5 record. In their last challenge, Homestead edged Cedarburg (Cedarburg, WI), 69-61, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Huskies battle the Hamilton Chargers (Sussex, WI) in a Greater Metro challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. West Allis Hale will attempt to improve on its 2-14 season record. The Chargers come into the challenge with a 5-9 record after their 91-86 league loss to Wauwatosa East (Wauwatosa, WI).