Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Madelia Blackhawks (Madelia, MN) and the visiting Loyola Crusaders (Mankato, MN), saw Madelia's basketball squad hold off Loyola by a tally of 50-44.

With the victory, Madelia improves its record to 3-17 on the campaign. The Blackhawks host New Ulm Cathedral (New Ulm, MN) to confront the Greyhounds in a A Section 2 challenge on Monday, February 13. The Greyhounds come into the challenge with a record of 5-14. New Ulm Cathedral lost 51-41 in their recent league challenge against Cedar Mountain (Morgan, MN)