The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Starkville Academy Volunteers (Starkville, MS) and the host Heritage Academy Patriots (Columbus, MS), observed Starkville Academy's basketball team overwhelm Heritage Academy by a score of 52-30.

The Volunteers (12-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Greenville Christian (Greenville, MS). The Saints come into the non-league challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Greenville Christian was routed by Madison-Ridgeland Academy (Madison, MS), 56-43, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Patriots encounter the Rossville Christian Academy Wolves (Rossville, TN) in a MAIS 5A District 1 challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Heritage Academy will attempt to improve on its 0-11 season record.