The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Hinckley-Big Rock Royals (Hinckley, IL) and the host West Carroll Thunder (Savanna, IL), observed Hinckley-Big Rock's basketball team knock off West Carroll by a score of 41-26.

The Royals (6-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Flanagan/Woodland (Flanagan, IL). The Falcons come into the non-league challenge with a 4-8 record. In their last challenge, Flanagan/Woodland prevailed over Somonauk/Leland (Somonauk, IL), 59-40, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Thunder encounter the Earlville Red Raiders (Earlville, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 28. West Carroll will attempt to improve on its 2-7 season record. The Red Raiders come into the challenge with a 3-14 record after their 35-30 non-league loss to Aurora Christian (Aurora, IL).