The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Lone Tree Lions (Lone Tree, IA) and the visiting Hillcrest Academy Ravens (Kalona, IA), observed Lone Tree's basketball team overwhelm Hillcrest Academy by a score of 67-36.

The Lions (7-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Highland (Riverside, IA). The Huskies come into the SEI - North challenge with a 7-3 record. In their last challenge, Highland trounced Louisa-Muscatine (Letts, IA), 38-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Ravens battle the Keota Eagles (Keota, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Hillcrest Academy will attempt to improve on its 5-4 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 2-8 record after their 46-31 league loss to H-L-V (Victor, IA).