The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinals (Norris City, IL) and the visiting Gallatin County Hawks (Junction, IL), observed Norris City-Omaha-Enfield's basketball team edge Gallatin County by a margin of 45-43.

The Fighting Cardinals (2-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Carmi-White County (Carmi, IL). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 2-2 record. In their last challenge, Carmi-White County edged Cairo (Cairo, IL), 71-63, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hawks battle the Crab Orchard Trojans (Marion, IL) in a Greater Egyptian challenge, on Tuesday, December 10. Gallatin County will attempt to better on its 1-5 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 6-0 record after their 72-40 league win over Pope County (Golconda, IL).