Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Hayesville Yellowjackets (Hayesville, NC) and the host Nantahala Hawks (Topton, NC), saw Hayesville's basketball squad wallop Nantahala by a tally of 65-27.

With the victory, Hayesville improves its record to 5-9 on the campaign. The Yellowjackets travel to Highlands (Highlands, NC) to confront the Highlanders in a non-league challenge on Thursday, January 19. The Highlanders come into the challenge with a record of 10-4. Highlands won 45-12 in their recent non-league challenge against Andrews (Andrews, NC)

Next up, the Hawks confront the Hiwassee Dam Eagles (Murphy, NC) in a 1A Conference 43 - Little challenge, on Friday, January 27. Nantahala will attempt to improve on its 0-11 season record.