The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Ponchatoula Green Wave (Ponchatoula, LA) and the visiting Hammond Tornadoes (Hammond, LA), observed Ponchatoula's basketball team overwhelm Hammond by a score of 58-24.

The Green Wave (15-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Lafayette Christian Academy (Lafayette, LA). The Knights come into the non-league challenge with a 14-5 record. In their last challenge, Lafayette Christian Academy trounced Southern Lab (Baton Rouge, LA), 48-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Tornadoes encounter the Mandeville Skippers (Mandeville, LA) in a 5A District 6 challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Hammond will attempt to improve on its 5-13 season record. The Skippers come into the challenge with a 13-6 record after their 58-35 non-league win over Loranger (Loranger, LA).