The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Mapleton Mounties (Ashland, OH) and the visiting Monroeville Eagles (Monroeville, OH), observed Mapleton's basketball team knock off Monroeville by a score of 54-43.

The Mounties (8-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Northwestern (West Salem, OH). The Huskies come into the non-league challenge with a 2-7 record.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Oberlin The Phoenix (Oberlin, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 30. Monroeville will attempt to improve on its 6-4 season record. The The Phoenix come into the challenge with a 3-7 record after their 50-44 league loss to Clearview (Lorain, OH).