The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Paden Pirates (Paden, OK) and the visiting Mason Eagles (Mason, OK), observed Paden's basketball team knock off Mason by a score of 51-34.

The Pirates (10-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Varnum (Seminole, OK). The Whippets come into the Little River challenge with a 11-3 record. In their last challenge, Varnum prevailed over Moss (Holdenville, OK), 60-44, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Eagles encounter the Earlsboro Wildcats (Earlsboro, OK) in a Little River challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Mason will attempt to improve on its 1-10 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 10-4 record after their 55-49 non-league loss to Southwest Covenant (Yukon, OK).