The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Marked Tree Indians (Marked Tree, AR) and the visiting Hillcrest Screamin Eagles (Strawberry, AR), observed Marked Tree's basketball team overwhelm Hillcrest by a score of 60-26.

The Indians (16-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Izard County (Brockwell, AR). The Cougars come into the non-league challenge with a 12-4 record. In their last challenge, Izard County trounced Buffalo Island Central (Monette, AR), 81-57, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Screamin Eagles encounter the Maynard Tigers (Maynard, AR) in a 1A Region 3 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Hillcrest will attempt to improve on its 4-14 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 12-7 record after their 65-39 league loss to Earle (Earle, AR).