The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Leyden Eagles (Franklin Park, IL) and the visiting Elk Grove Grenadiers (Elk Grove Village, IL), observed Leyden's basketball team edge Elk Grove by a margin of 79-74.

The Eagles (6-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Wheeling (Wheeling, IL). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 7-8 record. In their last challenge, Wheeling edged Berwyn/Cicero Morton (Cicero, IL), 40-29, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Grenadiers battle the Maine West Warriors (Des Plaines, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Elk Grove will attempt to better on its 1-13 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 6-8 record after their 73-43 non-league win over Streamwood (Streamwood, IL).