The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Cobden Appleknockers (Cobden, IL) and the visiting Egyptian Pharaohs (Tamms, IL), observed Cobden's basketball team overcome Egyptian by a margin of 68-51.

The Appleknockers (5-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Century (Ullin, IL). The Centurions come into the South Egyptian challenge with a 8-2 record. In their last challenge, Century defeated Carrier Mills-Stonefort (Carrier Mills, IL), 75-56, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pharaohs battle the Shawnee Redskins (Wolf Lake, IL) in a South Egyptian challenge, on Thursday, December 19. Egyptian will attempt to better on its 4-5 season record. The Redskins come into the challenge with a 1-9 record after their 69-17 league loss to Meridian (Mounds, IL).