The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Grundy Center Spartans (Grundy Center, IA) and the host South Hardin Tigers (Eldora, IA), observed Grundy Center's basketball team overwhelm South Hardin by a score of 63-42.

The Spartans (3-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Charles City (Charles City, IA). The Comets come into the non-league challenge with a 2-2 record. In their last challenge, Charles City trounced Crestwood (Cresco, IA), 67-66, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels (Reinbeck, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. South Hardin will attempt to improve on its 4-1 season record. The Rebels come into the challenge with a 2-1 record after their 63-29 league win over AGWSR (Ackley, IA).