The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Owen-Withee Blackhawks (Owen, WI) and the host Loyal Greyhounds (Loyal, WI), observed Owen-Withee's basketball team overcome Loyal by a margin of 35-25.

The Blackhawks (10-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Colby (Colby, WI). The Hornets come into the Cloverbelt - East challenge with a 2-9 record. In their last challenge, Colby dropped by Neillsville (Neillsville, WI), 74-40, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Greyhounds battle the Edgar Wildcats (Edgar, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 13. Loyal will attempt to better on its 4-5 season record.