The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Ridgedale Rockets (Morral, OH) and the host Perry Commodores (Lima, OH), observed Ridgedale's basketball team knock off Perry by a score of 67-58.

The Rockets (7-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Elgin (Marion, OH). The Comets come into the Northwest Central challenge with a 2-6 record. In their last challenge, Elgin dropped by Ada (Ada, OH), 56-25, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Commodores encounter the Upper Scioto Valley Rams (McGuffey, OH) in a Northwest Central challenge, on Friday, January 10. Perry will attempt to improve on its 0-9 season record. The Rams come into the challenge with a 5-5 record after their 55-37 non-league win over McComb (McComb, OH).