Fans at Monday's non-league challenge between the La Monte Vikings (La Monte, MO) and the visiting Columbia Independent (Columbia, MO), saw La Monte's basketball squad wallop Columbia Independent by a tally of 44-16.

With the victory, La Monte improves its record to 1-6 on the campaign. The Vikings host Cole Camp (Cole Camp, MO) to confront the Blue Birds in a Kaysinger challenge on Tuesday, December 12. The Blue Birds come into the challenge with a record of 0-5. Cole Camp lost 44-40 in their recent non-league challenge against Versailles (Versailles, MO)

Next up, the confront the Keytesville Tigers (Keytesville, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 11. Columbia Independent will attempt to improve on its 0-4 season record.