The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Lakota East Thunderhawks (Liberty Township, OH) and the host Thomas Worthington CARDINALS (Worthington, OH), observed Lakota East's basketball team overcome Thomas Worthington by a score of 59-42.

The Thunderhawks (7-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Westerville Central (Westerville, OH). The Warhawks come into the non-league challenge with a 2-4 record. In their last challenge, Westerville Central defeated Lincoln (Gahanna, OH), 56-47, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the CARDINALS battle the Olentangy Liberty Patriots (Powell, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 4. Thomas Worthington will attempt to improve on its 4-4 season record. The Patriots come into the challenge with a 5-2 record after their 61-54 non-league win over Marshfield (Marshfield, WI).