The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Lakes Eagles (Lake Villa, IL) and the visiting Round Lake Panthers (Round Lake, IL), observed Lakes's basketball team edge Round Lake by a score of 34-31.

The Eagles (4-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Belvidere (Belvidere, IL). The Bucs come into the non-league challenge with a 5-3 record. In their last challenge, Belvidere was tipped by Boylan Catholic (Rockford, IL), 58-39, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Deerfield Warriors (Deerfield, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 14. Round Lake will attempt to improve on its 3-5 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 3-4 record after their 64-33 league loss to Evanston (Evanston, IL).