The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Model Blue Devils (Rome, GA) and the visiting Darlington Tigers (Rome, GA), observed Model's basketball team overwhelm Darlington by a score of 53-31.

The Blue Devils (15-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Trion (Trion, GA). The Bulldogs come into the non-league challenge with a 5-5 record. In their last challenge, Trion trounced Mt. Zion (Mt. Zion, GA), 45-28, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Heard County Braves (Franklin, GA) in a A D1 Region 6 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Darlington will attempt to improve on its 7-8 season record. The Braves come into the challenge with a 15-2 record after their 69-66 non-league win over Southwest Atlanta Christian (Atlanta, GA).