The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Hampton Bulldogs (Hampton, TN) and the visiting Cloudland Highlanders (Roan Mountain, TN), observed Hampton's basketball team knock off Cloudland by a score of 44-36.

The Bulldogs (10-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Unicoi County (Erwin, TN). The Blue Devils come into the non-league challenge with a 6-5 record. In their last challenge, Unicoi County prevailed over Northwood (Saltville, VA), 82-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Highlanders encounter the Mitchell Mountaineers (Bakersville, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 6. Cloudland will attempt to improve on its 3-7 season record. The Mountaineers come into the challenge with a 4-4 record after their 54-30 non-league loss to Enka (Enka, NC).