The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Tolono Unity Rockets (Tolono, IL) and the host St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans (St. Joseph, IL), observed Tolono Unity's basketball team edge St. Joseph-Ogden by a score of 53-50.

The Rockets (22-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Monticello (Monticello, IL). The Sages come into the Illini Prairie challenge with a 15-12 record. In their last challenge, Monticello edged St. Teresa (Decatur, IL), 50-37, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans battle the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers (Paxton, IL) in a Illini Prairie challenge, on Tuesday, February 18. St. Joseph-Ogden will attempt to improve on its 18-8 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 12-13 record after their 59-30 league loss to Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe, IL).