The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Halstead Dragons (Halstead, KS) and the host Hillsboro Trojans (Hillsboro, KS), observed Halstead's basketball team edge Hillsboro by a score of 28-23.

The Dragons (13-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Nickerson (Nickerson, KS). The Panthers come into the Central Kansas challenge with a 1-14 record.

In their next game, the Trojans battle the Smoky Valley Vikings (Lindsborg, KS) in a Central Kansas challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Hillsboro will attempt to improve on its 8-7 season record. The Vikings come into the challenge with a 6-9 record after their 46-16 league loss to Haven (Haven, KS).