The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Springfield Tigers (New Middletown, OH) and the visiting Lowellville Rockets (Lowellville, OH), observed Springfield's basketball team edge Lowellville by a score of 51-46.

The Tigers (3-2) will now prepare for their challenge against McKinley (Sebring, OH). The Trojans come into the Mahoning Valley - Scarlet challenge with a 0-5 record. In their last challenge, McKinley was tipped by McDonald (McDonald, OH), 66-26, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rockets encounter the Memorial Red Devils (Campbell, OH) in a Mahoning Valley - Scarlet challenge, on Thursday, December 19. Lowellville will attempt to improve on its 1-4 season record. The Red Devils come into the challenge with a 4-1 record after their 67-63 league win over Western Reserve (Berlin Center, OH).