The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Independent Panthers (Wichita, KS) and the visiting Chaparral Roadrunners (Anthony, KS), observed Independent's basketball team edge Chaparral by a score of 33-30.

The Panthers (3-11) will now prepare for their challenge against Belle Plaine (Belle Plaine, KS). The Dragons come into the Central Plains challenge with a 6-11 record. In their last challenge, Belle Plaine was tipped by Conway Springs (Conway Springs, KS), 39-26, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Roadrunners encounter the Kingman Eagles (Kingman, KS) in a Central Plains challenge, on Thursday, February 20. Chaparral will attempt to improve on its 5-10 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 5-12 record after their 54-50 league loss to Garden Plain (Garden Plain, KS).