The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Montour Spartans (McKees Rocks, PA) and the visiting Blackhawk Cougars (Beaver Falls, PA), observed Montour's basketball team overwhelm Blackhawk by a margin of 84-42.

The Spartans (5-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Lincoln Park Performing Arts (Midland, PA). The come into the WPIAL 5A 4 challenge with a 1-4 record. In their last challenge, Lincoln Park Performing Arts was trounced by Moon Area (Moon Township, PA), 68-36, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Beaver Falls Tigers (Beaver Falls, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Blackhawk will attempt to better on its 2-6 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 0-8 record after their 55-51 league loss to Riverside (Ellwood City, PA).