The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Oxford Wildcats (Oxford, KS) and the visiting West Elk Patriots (Howard, KS), observed Oxford's basketball team edge West Elk by a score of 38-36.

The Wildcats (6-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Bluestem (Leon, KS). The Lions come into the non-league challenge with a 12-7 record. In their last challenge, Bluestem was tipped by Eureka (Eureka, KS), 67-38, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Patriots encounter the Sedan Devils (Sedan, KS) in a South Central Border challenge, on Monday, February 17. West Elk will attempt to improve on its 7-11 season record. The Devils come into the challenge with a 1-15 record after their 61-42 league loss to Udall (Udall, KS).