The crowd at Wednesday's league challenge between the Licking Valley Panthers (Newark, OH) and the host Newark Catholic Green Wave (Newark, OH), observed Licking Valley's basketball team overwhelm Newark Catholic by a score of 69-32.

The Panthers (3-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Zanesville (Zanesville, OH). The Blue Devils come into the challenge with a 2-3 record. In their last challenge, Zanesville trounced Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown, OH), 44-34, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Green Wave encounter the Heath Bulldogs (Heath, OH) in a challenge, on Friday, February 7. Newark Catholic will attempt to move on its 1-3 season record. The Bulldogs go into the game with a 13-5 record after their 58-49 league win over Watkins Memorial (Pataskala, OH).