The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the West Central Blue Devils (Maynard, IA) and the visiting Tripoli Panthers (Tripoli, IA), observed West Central's basketball team knock off Tripoli by a score of 58-41.

The Blue Devils (2-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Clayton-Ridge (Guttenburg, IA). The Eagles come into the Upper Iowa challenge with a 0-2 record. In their last challenge, Clayton-Ridge was outscored by Starmont (Arlington, IA), 39-37, in a non-league battle.

The Panthers now own a 0-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Riceville for a Iowa Star battle on Friday, December 5. Tripoli will meet a Wildcats squad coming off a 65-49 league loss to Dunkerton (Dunkerton, IA). The Wildcats record now stands at 1-1.