The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Beecher Bobcats (Beecher, IL) and the visiting Illinois Lutheran Chargers (Crete, IL), observed Beecher's basketball team overwhelm Illinois Lutheran by a score of 73-27.

The Bobcats (12-15) will now prepare for their challenge against Prairie Central (Fairbury, IL). The Hawks come into the non-league challenge with a 10-18 record. In their last challenge, Prairie Central trounced Iroquois West (Gilman, IL), 45-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Chargers encounter the Momence Momence Athletics (Momence, IL) in a River Valley challenge, on Thursday, February 6. Illinois Lutheran will attempt to improve on its 2-18 season record. The Momence Athletics come into the challenge with a 9-12 record after their 45-12 non-league win over Urbana University (Urbana, IL).