The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Shepard Astros (Palos Heights, IL) and the visiting Julian Jaguars (Chicago, IL), observed Shepard's basketball team overwhelm Julian by a score of 64-34.

The Astros (2-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Agricultural Science (Chicago, IL). The Cyclones come into the non-league challenge with a 5-3 record.

In their next game, the Jaguars encounter the Corliss Trojans (Chicago, IL) in a challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Julian will attempt to improve on its 4-4 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 1-6 record after their 44-37 league loss to Woodlawn (Chicago, IL).