The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Loyal Greyhounds (Loyal, WI) and the visiting Gilman Pirates (Gilman, WI), observed Loyal's basketball team knock off Gilman by a score of 44-25.

The Greyhounds (8-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Owen-Withee (Owen, WI). The Blackhawks come into the Cloverbelt - East challenge with a 17-3 record. In their last challenge, Owen-Withee prevailed over Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran (Eau Claire, WI), 55-26, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates encounter the Spencer Rockets (Spencer, WI) in a Cloverbelt - East challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Gilman will attempt to improve on its 10-9 season record. The Rockets come into the challenge with a 8-11 record after their 50-35 league loss to Greenwood (Greenwood, WI).