The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Hyde Park Thunderbirds (Chicago, IL) and the host Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL), observed Hyde Park's basketball team overcome Taft by a score of 65-55.

The Thunderbirds (8-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Perspectives Leadership/Technology (Chicago, IL). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 10-6 record. In their last challenge, Perspectives Leadership/Technology defeated Englewood Stem (Chicago, IL), 92-14, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Senn Bulldogs (Chicago, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Taft will attempt to improve on its 4-13 season record.