The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Providence Catholic Celtics (New Lenox, IL) and the visiting St. Rita Mustangs (Chicago, IL), observed Providence Catholic's basketball team edge St. Rita by a score of 49-44.

The Celtics (2-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Yorkville Christian (Yorkville, IL). The Mustangs come into the non-league challenge with a 7-3 record. In their last challenge, Yorkville Christian edged Marquette (Ottawa, IL), 79-54, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs encounter the Lane Tech Champions (Chicago, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 26. St. Rita will attempt to improve on its 2-8 season record. The Champions come into the challenge with a 6-6 record after their 82-75 non-league loss to Kenwood (Chicago, IL).