The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Minden Whippets (Minden, NE) and the visiting Beatrice Orangemen (Beatrice, NE), observed Minden's basketball team overcome Beatrice by a margin of 59-40.

The Whippets (4-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Valentine (Valentine, NE). The come into the non-league challenge with a 5-4 record. In their last challenge, Valentine dropped by West Holt (Atkinson, NE), 61-45, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Orangemen battle the Seward Bluejays (Seward, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 9. Beatrice will attempt to better on its 2-7 season record. The Bluejays come into the challenge with a 2-8 record after their 62-56 non-league loss to Grand Island Central Catholic (Grand Island, NE).