The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the West Bend-Mallard Wolverines (West Bend, IA) and the visiting South O'Brien Wolverines (Paullina, IA), observed West Bend-Mallard's basketball team overwhelm South O'Brien by a score of 54-23.

The Wolverines (8-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Eagle Grove (Eagle Grove, IA). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 1-6 record. In their last challenge, Eagle Grove was routed by Northwest Webster (Manson, IA), 55-36, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wolverines encounter the Harris-Lake Park Wolves (Lake Park, IA) in a War Eagle challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. South O'Brien will attempt to improve on its 2-7 season record. The Wolves come into the challenge with a 6-2 record after their 74-35 league loss to Hinton (Hinton, IA).