The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Wayne Blue Devils (Wayne, NE) and the visiting O'Neill Eagles (O'Neill, NE), observed Wayne's basketball team knock off O'Neill by a score of 47-38.

The Blue Devils (4-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Ponca (Ponca, NE). The Indians enter the non-league battle with a 4-1 record. In their last battle, Ponca knocked off Tri County Northeast (Emerson, NE), 69-15, in a league battle.

The Eagles now own a 1-5 record. They put it on the line next when they host Boyd County for a non-league battle on Monday, December 29. O'Neill will meet a Spartans squad coming off a 64-36 non-league win over Osceola (Osceola, NE). The Spartans record now stands at 3-3.