The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Holy Trinity Catholic Crusaders (Fort Madison, IA) and the host Wapello Indians (Wapello, IA), observed Holy Trinity Catholic's basketball team knock off Wapello by a score of 73-56.

The Crusaders (13-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Mediapolis (Mediapolis, IA). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 10-8 record. In their last challenge, Mediapolis was knocked off by Central Lee (Donnellson, IA), 47-42, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians encounter the Winfield-Mt. Union Wolves (Winfield, IA) in a SEI - North challenge, on Friday, January 31. Wapello will attempt to improve on its 0-13 season record. The Wolves come into the challenge with a 10-7 record after their 75-54 non-league loss to West Burlington (West Burlington, IA).