Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane (Fitzgerald, GA) and the visiting Cook Hornets (Adel, GA), saw Fitzgerald's basketball squad wallop Cook by a tally of 52-23.

With the victory, Fitzgerald improves its record to 8-8 on the campaign. The Purple Hurricane travel to Wilcox County (Rochelle, GA) to play the Patriots in a non-league challenge on Friday, January 20. The Patriots come into the challenge with a record of 6-6. Wilcox County won 54-46 in their recent league challenge against Telfair County (McRae, GA)

Next up, the Hornets play the Sumter County Panthers (Americus, GA) in a AA Region 1 challenge, on Saturday, January 21. Cook will attempt to improve on its 5-10 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 2-14 record after their 46-27 league win over Jeff Davis (Hazlehurst, GA).