The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Oak Forest Bengals (Oak Forest, IL) and the host Thornton Fractional North Meteors (Calumet City, IL), observed Oak Forest's basketball team edge Thornton Fractional North by a score of 52-47.

The Bengals (8-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Dixon (Dixon, IL). The Dukes & Duchesses come into the non-league challenge with a 12-3 record. In their last challenge, Dixon edged Geneseo (Geneseo, IL), 56-25, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Meteors encounter the Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals (Blue Island, IL) in a South Suburban challenge, on Thursday, January 9. Thornton Fractional North will attempt to improve on its 6-6 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 5-9 record after their 79-33 non-league loss to Chicago Mt. Carmel (Chicago, IL).