The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Franklin Monroe Jets (Pitsburg, OH) and the visiting Arcanum Trojans (Arcanum, OH), observed Franklin Monroe's basketball team edge Arcanum by a score of 49-46.

The Jets (15-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Emmanuel Christian Academy (Springfield, OH). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 13-4 record. In their last challenge, Emmanuel Christian Academy edged Yellow Springs (Yellow Springs, OH), 63-44, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the Fort Recovery Indians (Fort Recovery, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 1. Arcanum will attempt to improve on its 10-7 season record. The Indians come into the challenge with a 4-13 record after their 46-38 league loss to Marion Local (Maria Stein, OH).