The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Spencerville Bearcats (Spencerville, OH) and the visiting Bluffton Pirates (Bluffton, OH), observed Spencerville's basketball team edge Bluffton by a margin of 48-45.

The Bearcats (16-1) will now prepare for their challenge against New Knoxville (New Knoxville, OH). The Rangers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-12 record. In their last challenge, New Knoxville was tipped by Fort Recovery (Fort Recovery, OH), 61-53, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates battle the Aliquippa Quips (Aliquippa, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 1. Bluffton will attempt to better on its 12-6 season record.