The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Roxana Shells (Roxana, IL) and the host Chester Yellowjackets (Chester, IL), observed Roxana's basketball team knock off Chester by a score of 46-33.

The Shells (6-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Benton (Benton, IL). The Rangers come into the non-league challenge with a 9-0 record. In their last challenge, Benton prevailed over Carmi-White County (Carmi, IL), 67-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Yellowjackets encounter the Frankfort Redbirds (West Frankfort, IL) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Chester will attempt to improve on its 4-8 season record. The Redbirds come into the challenge with a 3-8 record after their 59-23 league loss to Nashville (Nashville, IL).