The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Lake Holcombe Chieftains (Holcombe, WI) and the visiting Thorp Cardinals (Thorp, WI), observed Lake Holcombe's basketball team knock off Thorp by a score of 56-45.

The Chieftains (7-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Winter (Winter, WI). The Warriors come into the Lakeland - East challenge with a 0-15 record. In their last challenge, Winter was knocked off by Clayton (Clayton, WI), 81-55, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals encounter the Cadott Hornets (Cadott, WI) in a Cloverbelt - West challenge, on Thursday, January 30. Thorp will attempt to improve on its 2-11 season record. The Hornets come into the challenge with a 7-8 record after their 92-75 non-league loss to Abbotsford (Abbotsford, WI).