Fans at Monday's non-league challenge between the Mt. Zion Braves (Mt. Zion, IL) and the host Althoff Catholic Crusaders (Belleville, IL), saw Mt. Zion's basketball squad overcome Althoff Catholic by a tally of 66-49.

With the victory, Mt. Zion improves its record to 1-0 on the campaign. The Braves travel to Lincoln (Lincoln, IL) to confront the Railsplitters in a Apollo challenge on Wednesday, November 23. The Railsplitters come into the challenge with a record of 1-0. Lincoln won 69-22 in their recent non-league challenge against Cahokia (Cahokia, IL)

Next up, the Crusaders confront the Cahokia Comanches (Cahokia, IL) in a South Seven outing, on Tuesday, November 22. Althoff Catholic will attempt to advance on its 0-1 season record. The Comanches go into the outing with a 0-1 record after their 69-22 non-league loss to Lincoln (Lincoln, IL).