Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Clayton Bears (Clayton, WI) and the host Birchwood Bobcats (Birchwood, WI), saw Clayton's basketball squad hold off Birchwood by a tally of 39-35.

With the victory, Clayton improves its record to 3-4 on the campaign. The Bears host Eleva-Strum (Strum, WI) to confront the Cardinals in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, December 27. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a record of 0-6. Eleva-Strum lost 68-41 in their recent non-league challenge against Cochrane-Fountain City (Fountain City, WI)

Next up, the Bobcats confront the Mellen Granite Diggers (Mellen, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 28. Birchwood will attempt to improve on its 5-3 season record. The Granite Diggers come into the challenge with a 2-4 record after their 66-50 league loss to Drummond (Drummond, WI).