The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Chester Yellowjackets (Chester, IL) and the visiting Cairo Pilots (Cairo, IL), observed Chester's basketball team edge Cairo by a score of 75-71.

The Yellowjackets (2-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Carlyle (Carlyle, IL). The Indians/Lady Indians come into the Cahokia - Illinois challenge with a 2-1 record. In their last challenge, Carlyle was tipped by Pinckneyville (Pinckneyville, IL), 64-56, in a non-league battle.

The Pilots now own a 3-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Cobden for a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 9. Cairo will meet a Appleknockers squad coming off a 59-19 non-league loss to Christopher (Christopher, IL). The Appleknockers record now stands at 4-2.