Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Spring Grove Lions (Spring Grove, MN) and the visiting Loyola Crusaders (Mankato, MN), saw Spring Grove's basketball squad hold off Loyola by a tally of 61-54.

With the victory, Spring Grove improves its record to 4-1 on the campaign. The Lions host Grand Meadow (Grand Meadow, MN) to confront the Superlarks in a A Section 1 challenge on Tuesday, January 10. The Superlarks come into the challenge with a record of 0-11. Grand Meadow lost 67-44 in their recent league challenge against Schaeffer Academy (Rochester, MN)

Next up, the Crusaders confront the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights (Lake Crystal, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 10. Loyola will attempt to improve on its 8-3 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 8-1 record after their 69-47 league win over Blue Earth (Blue Earth, MN).