The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Sturgeon Bulldogs (Sturgeon, MO) and the visiting Wellsville-Middletown Tigers (Wellsville, MO), observed Sturgeon's basketball team overwhelm Wellsville-Middletown by a margin of 63-22.

The Bulldogs (8-10) will now prepare for their challenge against La Plata (La Plata, MO). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 4-15 record. In their last challenge, La Plata was trounced by Schuyler County (Lancaster, MO), 57-42, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Louisiana Bulldogs (Louisiana, MO) in a Eastern Missouri challenge, on Friday, February 7. Wellsville-Middletown will attempt to better on its 6-13 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 5-10 record after their 75-44 league loss to Clopton (Clarksville, MO).