The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Gordon-Rushville Mustangs (Gordon, NE) and the host Bayard Tigers (Bayard, NE), observed Gordon-Rushville's basketball team knock off Bayard by a score of 59-39.

The Mustangs (6-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Hemingford (Hemingford, NE). The Bobcats come into the non-league challenge with a 10-8 record. In their last challenge, Hemingford was knocked off by Mitchell (Mitchell, NE), 66-49, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Perkins County Plainsmen (Grant, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Bayard will attempt to improve on its 4-15 season record. The Plainsmen come into the challenge with a 15-4 record after their 75-37 non-league win over Southwest (Bartley, NE).