Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Western Reserve Roughriders (Collins, OH) and the visiting Monroeville Eagles (Monroeville, OH), saw Western Reserve's basketball squad hold off Monroeville by a tally of 59-57.

With the victory, Western Reserve improves its record to 9-8 on the campaign. The Roughriders travel to New London (New London, OH) to confront the Wildcats in a Firelands challenge on Thursday, February 9. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a record of 2-16. New London lost 70-25 in their recent league challenge against Crestview (Ashland, OH)

Next up, the Eagles confront the Port Clinton Redskins (Port Clinton, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, February 4. Monroeville will attempt to improve on its 10-8 season record. The Redskins come into the challenge with a 7-9 record after their 69-47 league loss to Huron (Huron, OH).