The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Englewood Stem Panthers (Chicago, IL) and the visiting Catalyst-Maria Wolves (Chicago, IL), observed Englewood Stem's basketball team knock off Catalyst-Maria by a score of 39-25.

The Panthers (1-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Orr (Chicago, IL). The Spartans come into the non-league challenge with a 6-5 record. In their last challenge, Orr prevailed over Chicago Military Academy (Chicago, IL), 38-35, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wolves encounter the Legal Prep (Chicago, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Catalyst-Maria will attempt to improve on its 3-8 season record. The come into the challenge with a 4-4 record after their 51-46 non-league loss to Muchin College Prep (Chicago, IL).