The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Walthill Blujays (Walthill, NE) and the host High Plains Storm (Polk, NE), observed Walthill's basketball team edge High Plains by a score of 51-46.

The Blujays (3-4) will now prepare for their challenge against East Butler (Brainard, NE). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 3-3 record. In their last challenge, East Butler edged Cedar Bluffs (Cedar Bluffs, NE), 39-36, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Storm battle the Shelby-Rising City Huskies (Shelby, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. High Plains will attempt to improve on its 3-4 season record. The Huskies come into the challenge with a 0-5 record after their 62-39 non-league loss to Exeter-Milligan/Friend (Exeter, NE).