The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Pecatonica Indians (Pecatonica, IL) and the host Eastland Cougars (Lanark, IL), observed Pecatonica's basketball team overwhelm Eastland by a score of 67-36.

The Indians (6-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Olympia (Stanford, IL). The Spartans come into the non-league challenge with a 4-3 record. In their last challenge, Olympia was routed by Tremont (Tremont, IL), 81-72, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars encounter the Forreston Cardinals (Forreston, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 4. Eastland will attempt to improve on its 7-1 season record.