Fans at Wednesday's league challenge between the Strong Bulldogs (Strong, AR) and the visiting Norphlet Leopards (Norphlet, AR), saw Strong's basketball squad knock off Norphlet by a score of 54-40.

With the victory, Strong improves its record to 3-6 on the campaign. The Bulldogs host Woodlawn (Rison, AR) to battle the Bears in a 2A Region 7 East challenge on Friday, January 23. The Bears come into the challenge with a record of 0-4. Woodlawn lost 42-30 in their recent league challenge against Smackover (Smackover, AR)

Next up, the Leopards battle the Stephens Roadrunners (Stephens, AR) in a 2A Region 7 East outing, on Tuesday, February 3. Norphlet will attempt to advance on its 0-8 season record.