The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Harmony Grove Cardinals (Benton, AR) and the visiting Glen Rose Beavers (Malvern, AR), observed Harmony Grove's basketball team edge Glen Rose by a score of 30-24.

The Cardinals (9-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Jessieville (Jessieville, AR). The Lions come into the 3A Region 5 challenge with a 3-13 record. In their last challenge, Jessieville was tipped by Mayflower (Mayflower, AR), 57-20, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Beavers battle the Atkins Red Devils (Atkins, AR) in a 3A Region 5 challenge, on Friday, January 17. Glen Rose will attempt to improve on its 7-9 season record. The Red Devils come into the challenge with a 5-9 record after their 74-35 league loss to Dover (Dover, AR).