The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Hill City Rangers (Hill City, SD) and the visiting Alcester-Hudson Cubs (Alcester, SD), observed Hill City's basketball team overcome Alcester-Hudson by a score of 61-51.

The Rangers (10-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Chadron (Chadron, NE). The Cardinals come into the non-league challenge with a 10-8 record. In their last challenge, Chadron defeated Mitchell (Mitchell, NE), 54-41, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cubs battle the Centerville Tornadoes (Centerville, SD) in a B Region 4 challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Alcester-Hudson will attempt to improve on its 9-4 season record. The Tornadoes come into the challenge with a 9-4 record after their 61-52 league loss to Viborg/Hurley (Viborg, SD).