The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Plainfield East Bengals (Plainfield, IL) and the host Thornridge Falcons (Dolton, IL), observed Plainfield East's basketball team knock off Thornridge by a score of 72-59.

The Bengals (2-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Plainfield Central (Plainfield, IL). The Wildcats come into the SouthWest Prairie challenge with a 0-4 record. In their last challenge, Plainfield Central dropped by Joliet Central (Joliet, IL), 43-40, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons battle the Lockport Porters (Lockport, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 3. Thornridge will attempt to improve on its 1-3 season record. The Porters come into the challenge with a 1-1 record after their 62-45 non-league loss to Lemont (Lemont, IL).