The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Archangels Catholic Defenders (Humphrey, NE) and the host Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats (Hartington, NE), observed Archangels Catholic's basketball team overwhelm Hartington-Newcastle by a score of 65-28.

The Defenders (8-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Howells-Dodge (Howells, NE). The Jaguars come into the non-league challenge with a 7-3 record. In their last challenge, Howells-Dodge trounced Fort Calhoun (Fort Calhoun, NE), 57-53, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the Bloomfield Bees (Bloomfield, NE) in a D1 District 7 challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Hartington-Newcastle will attempt to improve on its 2-7 season record. The Bees come into the challenge with a 2-5 record after their 48-25 non-league loss to Creighton (Creighton, NE).