The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Highland Springs Springers (Highland Springs, VA) and the visiting Hermitage Panthers (Richmond, VA), observed Highland Springs's basketball team overwhelm Hermitage by a score of 69-30.

The Springers (5-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Hopewell (Hopewell, VA). The Blue Devils come into the non-league challenge with a 4-1 record. In their last challenge, Hopewell was routed by John Marshall (Richmond, VA), 64-49, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Henrico Warriors (Richmond, VA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 19. Hermitage will attempt to improve on its 3-3 season record. The Warriors come into the challenge with a 0-2 record after their 75-61 league loss to Atlee (Mechanicsville, VA).