The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Mendota Trojans (Mendota, IL) and the host Hall Red Devils (Spring Valley, IL), observed Mendota's basketball team edge Hall by a score of 50-47.

The Trojans (17-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Princeton (Princeton, IL). The Tigers come into the Three Rivers - East challenge with a 12-12 record. In their last challenge, Princeton edged Ottawa (Ottawa, IL), 54-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Red Devils encounter the Kewanee Boilermakers (Kewanee, IL) in a Three Rivers - East challenge, on Friday, February 7. Hall will attempt to improve on its 11-11 season record. The Boilermakers come into the challenge with a 12-14 record after their 62-52 non-league loss to Monmouth-Roseville (Monmouth, IL).