The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Freeman Academy/Marion (Freeman, SD) and the host Avon Pirates (Avon, SD), observed Freeman Academy/Marion's basketball team edge Avon by a margin of 70-63.

The (2-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Flandreau Indian (Flandreau, SD). The Indians come into the non-league challenge with a 0-4 record. In their last challenge, Flandreau Indian was tipped by Waverly/South Shore (Waverly, SD), 64-25, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates battle the Viborg/Hurley Cougars (Viborg, SD) in a B Region 4 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Avon will attempt to better on its 1-7 season record. The Cougars come into the challenge with a 10-1 record after their 58-25 league win over Gayville-Volin (Gayville, SD).