Fans at Saturday's league challenge between the Athens Wildcats (Athens, PA) and the visiting Wellsboro Hornets (Wellsboro, PA), saw Athens's basketball squad hold off Wellsboro by a tally of 48-42.

With the victory, Athens improves its record to 4-8 on the campaign. The Wildcats travel to Northeast Bradford (Rome, PA) to confront the Panthers in a Northern Tier - Small challenge on Wednesday, January 17. The Panthers come into the challenge with a record of 4-4. Northeast Bradford won 64-37 in their recent league challenge against North Penn-Liberty (Liberty, PA)

Next up, the Hornets confront the Sayre Redskins (Sayre, PA) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 15. Wellsboro will attempt to improve on its 2-4 season record. The Redskins come into the challenge with a 0-12 record after their 29-27 league loss to Cowanesque Valley (Westfield, PA).