The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Strom Thurmond Rebels (Johnston, SC) and the visiting American Leadership Academy Patriots (Lexington, SC), observed Strom Thurmond's basketball team edge American Leadership Academy by a margin of 37-36.

The Rebels (8-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Pelion (Pelion, SC). The Panthers come into the AA Region 2 challenge with a 12-3 record. In their last challenge, Pelion was tipped by Saluda (Saluda, SC), 34-27, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Patriots battle the Batesburg-Leesville Panthers (Batesburg, SC) in a AA Region 2 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. American Leadership Academy will attempt to better on its 4-12 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 8-6 record after their 43-41 league win over Ninety Six (Ninety Six, SC).