The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Benton Cardinals (St. Joseph, MO) and the host Park Hill Trojans (Kansas City, MO), observed Benton's basketball team edge Park Hill by a score of 55-51.

The Cardinals (3-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Liberty North (Liberty, MO). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 3-0 record. In their last challenge, Liberty North edged Grandview (Grandview, MO), 53-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans battle the Lee's Summit West Titans (Lee's Summit, MO) in a Freelance challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Park Hill will attempt to improve on its 2-2 season record. The Titans come into the challenge with a 1-3 record after their 57-53 non-league loss to Raytown (Raytown, MO).