The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Eastland Cougars (Lanark, IL) and the visiting Bowen Boilermakers (Chicago, IL), observed Eastland's basketball team overwhelm Bowen by a margin of 69-38.

The Cougars (6-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Lutheran (Rockford, IL). The Crusaders come into the non-league challenge with a 5-5 record. In their last challenge, Lutheran trounced Galena (Galena, IL), 59-58, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Boilermakers battle the Galena Pirates (Galena, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 16. Bowen will attempt to better on its 2-6 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 6-4 record after their 59-58 non-league loss to Lutheran (Rockford, IL).