The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Carlinville Cavaliers (Carlinville, IL) and the host Staunton Bulldogs (Staunton, IL), observed Carlinville's basketball team edge Staunton by a score of 42-35.

The Cavaliers (13-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Auburn (Auburn, IL). The Trojans come into the non-league challenge with a 9-7 record. In their last challenge, Auburn edged Jacksonville (Jacksonville, IL), 56-33, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs encounter the Mt. Olive Wildcats (Mt. Olive, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 13. Staunton will attempt to improve on its 13-2 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 5-8 record after their 59-33 non-league loss to Brownstown (Brownstown, IL).