The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Oregon Hawks (Oregon, IL) and the host Genoa-Kingston Cogs (Genoa, IL), observed Oregon's basketball team edge Genoa-Kingston by a score of 62-57.

The Hawks (13-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Byron (Byron, IL). The Tigers come into the Big Northern challenge with a 16-5 record. In their last challenge, Byron was tipped by Pecatonica (Pecatonica, IL), 83-70, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cogs battle the Rockford Christian Royal Lions (Rockford, IL) in a Big Northern challenge, on Saturday, February 1. Genoa-Kingston will attempt to improve on its 11-12 season record. The Royal Lions come into the challenge with a 19-2 record after their 77-60 non-league win over Lutheran (Rockford, IL).