The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Blue Eye Bulldogs (Blue Eye, MO) and the host Early Panthers (Morrisville, MO), observed Blue Eye's basketball team edge Early by a score of 35-30.

The Bulldogs (5-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Walnut Grove (Walnut Grove, MO). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 6-1 record. In their last challenge, Walnut Grove edged Sparta (Sparta, MO), 49-27, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Sparta Trojans (Sparta, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 26. Early will attempt to improve on its 7-2 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 4-3 record after their 49-27 non-league loss to Walnut Grove (Walnut Grove, MO).