The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Valley Center Hornets (Valley Center, KS) and the visiting Winfield Vikings (Winfield, KS), observed Valley Center's basketball team knock off Winfield by a score of 50-31.

The Hornets (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Andale (Andale, KS). The Indians come into the non-league challenge with a 1-0 record. In their last challenge, Andale prevailed over Winfield (Winfield, KS), 44-26, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Vikings battle the Augusta Orioles (Augusta, KS) in a Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail III challenge, on Friday, December 20. Winfield will attempt to improve on its 0-3 season record.