The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Shelton Bulldogs (Shelton, NE) and the host Deshler Dragons (Deshler, NE), observed Shelton's basketball team knock off Deshler by a score of 50-32.

The Bulldogs (10-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Maywood/Hayes Center (Maywood, NE). The Wolves come into the non-league challenge with a 10-1 record. In their last challenge, Maywood/Hayes Center prevailed over Hi-Line [Eustis-Farnam/Elwood] (Eustis, NE), 73-17, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Dragons battle the Thayer Central Titans (Hebron, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Deshler will attempt to improve on its 4-5 season record. The Titans come into the challenge with a 6-2 record after their 43-32 league win over Superior (Superior, NE).