The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Marlington Dukes (Alliance, OH) and the visiting Minerva Lions (Minerva, OH), observed Marlington's basketball team edge Minerva by a score of 58-54.

The Dukes (1-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Salem (Salem, OH). The Quakers come into the Eastern Buckeye challenge with a 2-1 record. In their last challenge, Salem was tipped by Carrollton (Carrollton, OH), 34-31, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Lions encounter the Alliance Aviators (Alliance, OH) in a Eastern Buckeye challenge, on Saturday, December 7. Minerva will attempt to improve on its 2-2 season record. The Aviators come into the challenge with a 0-4 record after their 66-2 league loss to West Branch (Beloit, OH).