The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Triopia/Meredosia-Chambersburg/Virginia Trojans (Concord, IL) and the visiting Rushville-Industry Rockets (Rushville, IL), observed Triopia/Meredosia-Chambersburg/Virginia's basketball team overcome Rushville-Industry by a margin of 55-45.

The Trojans (13-9) will now prepare for their challenge against South County (Franklin, IL). The Vipers come into the non-league challenge with a 12-11 record. In their last challenge, South County defeated Beardstown (Beardstown, IL), 64-35, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Rockets battle the Carrollton Hawks (Carrollton, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 1. Rushville-Industry will attempt to better on its 9-12 season record. The Hawks come into the challenge with a 12-9 record after their 60-34 non-league win over Astoria/VIT (Astoria, IL).