The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Solanco Golden Mules (Quarryville, PA) and the visiting Ephrata Mountaineers (Ephrata, PA), observed Solanco's basketball team knock off Ephrata by a score of 62-48.

The Golden Mules (3-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Cocalico (Denver, PA). The Eagles come into the Lancaster-Lebanon 2 challenge with a 4-7 record. In their last challenge, Cocalico was knocked off by Ephrata (Ephrata, PA), 58-43, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Mountaineers encounter the Elizabethtown Bears (Elizabethtown, PA) in a Lancaster-Lebanon 2 challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Ephrata will attempt to improve on its 9-4 season record. The Bears come into the challenge with a 2-10 record after their 69-40 non-league loss to Governor Mifflin (Shillington, PA).