The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Panorama Panthers (Panora, IA) and the visiting Exira-EHK Spartans (Elk Horn, IA), observed Panorama's basketball team edge Exira-EHK by a score of 56-51.

The Panthers (3-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Woodward Academy (Woodward, IA). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 3-8 record. In their last challenge, Woodward Academy edged North Tama (Traer, IA), 69-59, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans encounter the West Harrison Hawkeyes (Mondamin, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 31. Exira-EHK will attempt to improve on its 3-15 season record. The Hawkeyes come into the challenge with a 1-16 record after their 68-41 non-league loss to Paton-Churdan (Churdan, IA).