The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Fall River Pirates (Fall River, WI) and the host Markesan Hornets (Markesan, WI), observed Fall River's basketball team knock off Markesan by a score of 39-29.

The Pirates (9-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Princeton/Green Lake (Princeton, WI). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 6-5 record. In their last challenge, Princeton/Green Lake dropped by Pardeeville (Pardeeville, WI), 69-41, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hornets battle the Lomira Lions (Lomira, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 13. Markesan will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record. The Lions come into the challenge with a 7-6 record after their 72-37 league win over Campbellsport (Campbellsport, WI).