The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Oelwein Huskies (Oelwein, IA) and the host West Central Blue Devils (Maynard, IA), observed Oelwein's basketball team overwhelm West Central by a score of 73-31.

The Huskies (1-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Sumner-Fredericksburg (Sumner, IA). The Cougars come into the North Iowa Cedar - East challenge with a 6-4 record. In their last challenge, Sumner-Fredericksburg was routed by Grundy Center (Grundy Center, IA), 79-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Blue Devils battle the Clayton-Ridge Eagles (Guttenburg, IA) in a Upper Iowa challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. West Central will attempt to improve on its 1-9 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 2-10 record after their 63-42 non-league loss to Starmont (Arlington, IA).