The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Marlington Dukes (Alliance, OH) and the visiting Canton South Wildcats (Canton, OH), observed Marlington's basketball team edge Canton South by a score of 47-42.

The Dukes (13-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Garfield Community Learning Center (Akron, OH). The Golden Rams come into the non-league challenge with a 12-6 record. In their last challenge, Garfield Community Learning Center was tipped by Buchtel (Akron, OH), 57-47, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats battle the Carrollton Warriors (Carrollton, OH) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 11. Canton South will attempt to improve on its 8-11 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 13-5 record after their 66-59 league win over Minerva (Minerva, OH).