The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Eastern Warriors (Sardinia, OH) and the host Fayetteville-Perry Rockets (Fayetteville, OH), observed Eastern's basketball team knock off Fayetteville-Perry by a score of 69-60.

The Warriors (6-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Peebles (Peebles, OH). The Indians come into the Southern Hills challenge with a 4-3 record. In their last challenge, Peebles prevailed over East Clinton (Sabina, OH), 94-57, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Rockets encounter the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Blue Jays (Ripley, OH) in a Southern Hills challenge, on Friday, January 3. Fayetteville-Perry will attempt to improve on its 4-4 season record.