The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinals (Norris City, IL) and the host Thompsonville (Thompsonville, IL), observed Norris City-Omaha-Enfield's basketball team knock off Thompsonville by a score of 54-42.

The Fighting Cardinals (9-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Galatia (Galatia, IL). The Bearcats come into the non-league challenge with a 15-6 record. In their last challenge, Galatia prevailed over Gallatin County (Junction, IL), 58-56, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the encounter the Zeigler-Royalton Tornadoes (Zeigler, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 29. Thompsonville will attempt to improve on its 7-13 season record. The Tornadoes come into the challenge with a 7-14 record after their 77-28 league loss to Vienna (Vienna, IL).