The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Homer Trojans (Homer, MI) and the visiting Reading Rangers (Reading, MI), observed Homer's basketball team knock off Reading by a score of 56-36.

The Trojans (1-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Vandercook Lake (Jackson, MI). The Jayhawks come into the Cascades challenge with a 0-5 record. In their last challenge, Vandercook Lake was knocked off by Hanover-Horton (Horton, MI), 52-40, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rangers encounter the Concord Yellowjackets (Concord, MI) in a Big 8 challenge, on Thursday, December 19. Reading will attempt to improve on its 0-6 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 4-2 record after their 59-45 non-league win over Hillsdale Academy (Hillsdale, MI).