The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Gehlen Catholic Jays (Le Mars, IA) and the host Akron-Westfield Westerners (Akron, IA), observed Gehlen Catholic's basketball team edge Akron-Westfield by a margin of 49-45.

The Jays (10-11) will now prepare for their challenge against Woodbury Central (Moville, IA). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 12-11 record. In their last challenge, Woodbury Central edged Siouxland Christian (Sioux City, IA), 55-15, in a non-league challenge.