The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Salem Tigers (Salem, MO) and the visiting Winona Wildcats (Winona, MO), observed Salem's basketball team edge Winona by a score of 50-45.

The Tigers (3-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Norwood (Norwood, MO). The Pirates come into the non-league challenge with a 10-0 record. In their last challenge, Norwood edged Cabool (Cabool, MO), 88-24, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the East Carter Redbirds (Ellsinore, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 6. Winona will attempt to improve on its 4-3 season record.