The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Southside Panthers (Selma, AL) and the host Dallas County Hornets (Plantersville, AL), observed Southside's basketball team overwhelm Dallas County by a score of 68-40.

The Panthers (10-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Selma (Selma, AL). The Saints come into the non-league challenge with a 14-1 record. In their last challenge, Selma trounced Montevallo (Montevallo, AL), 46-40, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Hornets battle the Saint James Trojans (Montgomery, AL) in a 3A Area 5 challenge, on Friday, January 17. Dallas County will attempt to improve on its 9-11 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 5-11 record after their 74-32 league loss to Thorsby (Thorsby, AL).