The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Shades Valley Mounties (Birmingham, AL) and the visiting Pell City Panthers (Pell City, AL), observed Shades Valley's basketball team knock off Pell City by a score of 59-45.

The Mounties (12-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Pleasant Grove (Pleasant Grove, AL). The Spartans come into the non-league challenge with a 8-11 record. In their last challenge, Pleasant Grove was knocked off by Fairfield (Fairfield, AL), 58-36, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Gadsden City Titans (Gadsden, AL) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Pell City will attempt to improve on its 1-19 season record. The Titans come into the challenge with a 15-10 record after their 51-32 non-league win over Whitesburg Christian Academy (Huntsville, AL).