The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Mandeville Skippers (Mandeville, LA) and the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Falcons (Hammond, LA), observed Mandeville's basketball team edge St. Thomas Aquinas by a score of 47-45.

The Skippers (20-18) will now prepare for their challenge against Fontainebleau (Mandeville, LA). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 22-15 record. In their last challenge, Fontainebleau edged Slidell (Slidell, LA), 72-67, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons battle the French Settlement Lions (French Settlement, LA) in a 2A District 9 challenge, on Friday, February 14. St. Thomas Aquinas will attempt to improve on its 11-11 season record. The Lions come into the challenge with a 18-11 record after their 70-57 non-league win over Hammond (Hammond, LA).