The Minatare Indians basketball squad (Minatare, NE), was crushed 64-31 in Thursday's non-league challenge with the visiting Bayard Tigers (Bayard, NE)

The Tigers (4-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Bridgeport (Bridgeport, NE). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 9-7 record. In their last challenge, Bridgeport trounced Kimball (Kimball, NE), 58-48, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians battle the Leyton Warriors (Dalton, NE) in a D2 District 11 challenge, on Friday, January 31. Minatare will attempt to improve on its 1-10 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 6-9 record after their 69-26 league win over Banner County (Harrisburg, NE).