The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Fairfield Trojans (Fairfield, IA) and the host Mt. Pleasant Panthers (Mt. Pleasant, IA), observed Fairfield's basketball team edge Mt. Pleasant by a score of 51-50.

The Trojans (5-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Clear Creek-Amana (Tiffin, IA). The Clippers come into the non-league challenge with a 19-6 record. In their last challenge, Clear Creek-Amana edged Mt. Vernon (Mt. Vernon, IA), 80-51, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Pella Dutch (Pella, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 18. Mt. Pleasant will attempt to improve on its 2-17 season record. The Dutch come into the challenge with a 15-6 record after their 58-47 league loss to Dallas Center-Grimes (Dallas Center, IA).