The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the West Platte Bluejays (Weston, MO) and the host North Platte Panthers (Dearborn, MO), observed West Platte's basketball team knock off North Platte by a score of 64-56.

The Bluejays (3-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Plattsburg (Plattsburg, MO). The Tigers enter the KCI battle with a 1-3 record.

The Panthers now own a 3-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Mound City for a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 16. North Platte will meet a Panthers squad coming off a 64-63 non-league loss to North Andrew (Rosendale, MO). The Panthers record now stands at 2-5.