The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Union Star Trojans (Union Star, MO) and the host Northeast Nodaway Blue Jays (Ravenwood, MO), observed Union Star's basketball team knock off Northeast Nodaway by a score of 44-36.

The Trojans (3-17) will now prepare for their challenge against Osborn (Osborn, MO). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 13-6 record. In their last challenge, Osborn prevailed over South Holt (Oregon, MO), 52-51, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Blue Jays encounter the Tarkio Indians (Tarkio, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, February 7. Northeast Nodaway will attempt to improve on its 3-20 season record. The Indians come into the challenge with a 7-5 record after their 56-30 non-league win over North Nodaway (Hopkins, MO).