The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Hephzibah Rebels (Hephzibah, GA) and the visiting Aquinas Fightin' Irish (Augusta, GA), observed Hephzibah's basketball team edge Aquinas by a score of 51-50.

The Rebels (4-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Laney (Augusta, GA). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 7-9 record. In their last challenge, Laney was tipped by Butler (Augusta, GA), 76-55, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Fightin' Irish battle the West Laurens Raiders (Dexter, GA) in a AAA Region 4 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Aquinas will attempt to improve on its 8-12 season record. The Raiders come into the challenge with a 4-14 record after their 40-36 league loss to Howard (Macon, GA).