The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Chester Yellowjackets (Chester, IL) and the visiting Red Bud Musketeers (Red Bud, IL), observed Chester's basketball team knock off Red Bud by a score of 55-45.

The Yellowjackets (4-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Roxana (Roxana, IL). The Shells come into the non-league challenge with a 5-5 record. In their last challenge, Roxana prevailed over East Alton-Wood River (Wood River, IL), 70-28, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Musketeers encounter the Goreville Blackcats (Goreville, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 26. Red Bud will attempt to improve on its 3-6 season record. The Blackcats come into the challenge with a 7-1 record after their 58-47 non-league win over Carterville (Carterville, IL).