The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Spring Valley Cardinals (Spring Valley, WI) and the host Clayton Bears (Clayton, WI), observed Spring Valley's basketball team edge Clayton by a margin of 44-42.

The Cardinals (3-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Prairie Farm (Prairie Farm, WI). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 3-6 record. In their last challenge, Prairie Farm was tipped by Bruce (Bruce, WI), 29-25, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bears battle the Turtle Lake Lakers (Turtle Lake, WI) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 28. Clayton will attempt to better on its 6-4 season record. The Lakers go into the bout with a 1-5 record after their 45-40 league loss to Luck (Luck, WI).