The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Girard Indians (Girard, OH) and the host McKinley Red Dragons (Niles, OH), observed Girard's basketball team edge McKinley by a score of 51-46.

The Indians (1-3) will now prepare for their challenge against South Range (Canfield, OH). The Raiders come into the Northeast Eight challenge with a 1-1 record. In their last challenge, South Range was tipped by Columbiana (Columbiana, OH), 43-27, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Red Dragons battle the Lakeview Bulldogs (Cortland, OH) in a Northeast Eight challenge, on Thursday, December 12. McKinley will attempt to improve on its 2-3 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 4-0 record after their 59-18 non-league win over Liberty (Youngstown, OH).