The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Verona Wildcats (Verona, WI) and the visiting Vel Phillips Memorial Spartans (Madison, WI), observed Verona's basketball team edge Vel Phillips Memorial by a margin of 72-70.

The Wildcats (7-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Oregon (Oregon, WI). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-2 record. In their last challenge, Oregon edged Elkhorn (Elkhorn, WI), 67-61, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans battle the Augustine Prep Lions (Milwaukee, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 4. Vel Phillips Memorial will attempt to better on its 6-2 season record.