The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Sylvan-Lucas Mustangs (Sylvan Grove, KS) and the host Pike Valley Panthers (Scandia, KS), observed Sylvan-Lucas's basketball team knock off Pike Valley by a score of 57-44.

The Mustangs (2-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Solomon (Solomon, KS). The Gorillas come into the non-league challenge with a 3-2 record. In their last challenge, Solomon was knocked off by Elyria Christian (McPherson, KS), 64-29, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Peabody-Burns Warriors (Peabody, KS) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Pike Valley will attempt to improve on its 2-4 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 1-3 record after their 57-45 league loss to Herington (Herington, KS).