Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Elgin/Pope John Wolfpack (Elgin, NE) and the visiting Bloomfield Bees (Bloomfield, NE), saw Elgin/Pope John's basketball squad hold off Bloomfield by a tally of 51-45.

With the victory, Elgin/Pope John improves its record to 8-3 on the campaign. The Wolfpack host Fullerton (Fullerton, NE) to confront the Warriors in a D1 District 5 challenge on Tuesday, January 9. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 5-7. Fullerton lost 64-53 in their recent non-league challenge against Heartland (Henderson, NE)

Next up, the Bees confront the St. Mary's Cardinals (O'Neill, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 9. Bloomfield will attempt to improve on its 8-4 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 7-3 record after their 66-38 non-league win over Anselmo-Merna (Merna, NE).