The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Lincoln Leopards (Lincoln, KS) and the visiting Natoma Tigers (Natoma, KS), observed Lincoln's basketball team edge Natoma by a score of 41-36.

The Leopards (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against St. John's/Tipton Catholic (Beloit, KS). The Blujays come into the Northern Plains challenge with a 1-1 record.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Chase Kats (Chase, KS) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 13. Natoma will attempt to improve on its 0-4 season record. The Kats come into the challenge with a 0-1 record after their 59-25 league loss to Kinsley (Kinsley, KS).