The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Halfway Cardinals (Halfway, MO) and the host Walnut Grove Tigers (Walnut Grove, MO), observed Halfway's basketball team overwhelm Walnut Grove by a margin of 74-53.

The Cardinals (15-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Weaubleau (Weaubleau, MO). The Tigers come into the Polk County challenge with a 12-10 record. In their last challenge, Weaubleau trounced Humansville (Humansville, MO), 51-41, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Weaubleau Tigers (Weaubleau, MO) in a Polk County challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Walnut Grove will attempt to better on its 12-9 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 12-11 record after their 69-45 league loss to Halfway (Halfway, MO).