The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] Spartans (Woodhull, IL) and the visiting Elmwood Trojans (Elmwood, IL), observed Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]'s basketball team edge Elmwood by a score of 32-29.

The Spartans (8-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Mercer County (Aledo, IL). The Golden Eagles come into the non-league test with a 5-8 record.

The Trojans (7-5) will now prepare for their test against Galva (Galva, IL). The Wildcats come into the non-league test with a 3-9 record. In their last test, Galva was nipped by Kewanee (Kewanee, IL), 55-23, in a non-league test.