The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Belpre Golden Eagles (Belpre, OH) and the visiting Federal Hocking Lancers (Stewart, OH), observed Belpre's basketball team edge Federal Hocking by a margin of 59-56.

The Golden Eagles (8-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Trimble (Glouster, OH). The Tomcats come into the Tri-Valley II challenge with a 2-15 record. In their last challenge, Trimble was tipped by Chesapeake (Chesapeake, OH), 90-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Lancers battle the Alexander Spartans (Albany, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 1. Federal Hocking will attempt to better on its 3-12 season record. The Spartans come into the challenge with a 5-12 record after their 61-49 league win over Nelsonville-York (Nelsonville, OH).