The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Walnut Wildcats (Walnut, MS) and the host East Union Urchins (Blue Springs, MS), observed Walnut's basketball team edge East Union by a score of 56-53.

The Wildcats (17-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Hamilton (Hamilton, MS). The Lions come into the 2A Region 1 challenge with a 3-10 record. In their last challenge, Hamilton was tipped by Mantachie (Mantachie, MS), 49-42, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Urchins encounter the Hatley Tigers (Amory, MS) in a 2A Region 1 challenge, on Friday, January 17. East Union will attempt to improve on its 15-4 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 11-6 record after their 83-52 league loss to New Site (New Site, MS).