The Bloomington Central Catholic Saints basketball team (Bloomington, IL), was nudged 55-49 in Wednesday's non-league battle with the host Tri-Valley Vikings (Downs, IL)

The Vikings now sport a 11-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Bishop McNamara for a non-league battle on Friday, December 29. Tri-Valley will battle a Fightin' Irish team coming off a 74-54 non-league loss to El Paso-Gridley (El Paso, IL). The Fightin' Irish record now stands at 10-3.

The Saints (6-6) will now prepare for their battle against Pontiac (Pontiac, IL). The Indians come into the Illini Prairie battle with a 5-5 record. In their last battle, Pontiac was nudged by Streator (Streator, IL), 65-56, in a non-league battle.