The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Saraland Spartans (Saraland, AL) and the visiting Murphy Panthers (Mobile, AL), observed Saraland's basketball team edge Murphy by a score of 49-46.

The Spartans (15-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Blount (Eight Mile, AL). The Leopards come into the 6A Area 1 challenge with a 14-9 record. In their last challenge, Blount edged Theodore (Theodore, AL), 44-38, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers encounter the Theodore Bobcats (Theodore, AL) in a 6A Area 1 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Murphy will attempt to improve on its 10-11 season record. The Bobcats come into the challenge with a 12-5 record after their 44-38 league loss to Blount (Eight Mile, AL).