The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Columbia Central Golden Eagles (Brooklyn, MI) and the host East Jackson Trojans (Jackson, MI), observed Columbia Central's basketball team overwhelm East Jackson by a margin of 71-40.

The Golden Eagles (7-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Vandercook Lake (Jackson, MI). The Jayhawks come into the Cascades challenge with a 2-6 record. In their last challenge, Vandercook Lake was trounced by Michigan Center (Michigan Center, MI), 74-37, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans battle the Manchester Flying Dutchmen (Manchester, MI) in a Cascades challenge, on Friday, January 10. East Jackson will attempt to better on its 2-5 season record. The Flying Dutchmen come into the challenge with a 2-7 record after their 51-38 league win over Homer (Homer, MI).