The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the New Athens Yellow Jackets (New Athens, IL) and the visiting Dupo Tigers (Dupo, IL), observed New Athens's basketball team overwhelm Dupo by a score of 65-38.

The Yellow Jackets (7-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Valle Catholic (Ste. Genevieve, MO). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 2-1 record. In their last challenge, Valle Catholic trounced Crystal City (Crystal City, MO), 58-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Southwestern Piasa Birds (Piasa, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Dupo will attempt to improve on its 0-5 season record. The Piasa Birds come into the challenge with a 7-7 record after their 53-51 non-league win over Lincolnwood (Raymond, IL).