The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Bellefontaine Chieftains (Bellefontaine, OH) and the host West Liberty-Salem Tigers (West Liberty, OH), observed Bellefontaine's basketball team edge West Liberty-Salem by a score of 55-48.

The Chieftains (3-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Russia (Russia, OH). The Raiders come into the non-league challenge with a 7-0 record. In their last challenge, Russia edged Coldwater (Coldwater, OH), 57-40, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the West Jefferson Roughriders (West Jefferson, OH) in a Ohio Heritage challenge, on Monday, December 30. West Liberty-Salem will attempt to improve on its 3-2 season record.