The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (Guthrie Center, IA) and the visiting Coon Rapids-Bayard Crusaders (Coon Rapids, IA), observed Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center's basketball team edge Coon Rapids-Bayard by a score of 60-56.

The (17-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Pleasantville (Pleasantville, IA). The Trojans come into the West Central challenge with a 9-9 record. In their last challenge, Pleasantville was tipped by Albia (Albia, IA), 68-40, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Crusaders battle the Boyer Valley Bulldogs (Dunlap, IA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, February 7. Coon Rapids-Bayard will attempt to improve on its 19-2 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 5-14 record after their 58-32 non-league loss to Ar-We-Va (Westside, IA).