The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Cheney Cardinals (Cheney, KS) and the visiting Garden Plain Owls (Garden Plain, KS), observed Cheney's basketball team overwhelm Garden Plain by a margin of 58-37.

The Cardinals (4-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Nickerson (Nickerson, KS). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 1-4 record. In their last challenge, Nickerson was trounced by Haven (Haven, KS), 63-28, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Owls battle the Andale Indians (Andale, KS) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Garden Plain will attempt to better on its 2-3 season record. The Indians come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 61-37 league win over Wellington (Wellington, KS).