The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Lacassine Cardinals (Lacassine, LA) and the host St. Edmund Fighting Blue Jays (Eunice, LA), observed Lacassine's basketball team overwhelm St. Edmund by a score of 78-46.

The Cardinals (15-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Reeves (Reeves, LA). The Raiders come into the non-league challenge with a 13-7 record.

In their next game, the Fighting Blue Jays encounter the Basile Bearcats (Basile, LA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. St. Edmund will attempt to improve on its 3-3 season record. The Bearcats come into the challenge with a 2-11 record after their 67-36 non-league loss to Pine Prairie (Pine Prairie, LA).