The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Verona Wildcats (Verona, WI) and the host Vel Phillips Memorial Spartans (Madison, WI), observed Verona's basketball team knock off Vel Phillips Memorial by a score of 56-41.

Next, the Wildcats clash with the Brookfield East Spartans (Brookfield, WI) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, February 8. Verona will attempt to upgrade on its 18-1 season record. The Spartans come into the outing with a 16-3 record after their 56-46 league win over Divine Savior Holy Angels (Milwaukee, WI).

The Spartans (16-5) will now prepare for their outing against Janesville Craig (Janesville, WI). The Cougars come into the Big Eight outing with a 7-14 record. In their last outing, Janesville Craig went down by Oconomowoc (Oconomowoc, WI), 62-45, in a non-league outing.