Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Lake Minneola Hawks (Minneola, FL) and the visiting Haines City Hornets (Haines City, FL), saw Lake Minneola's basketball squad hold off Haines City by a tally of 44-43.

With the victory, Lake Minneola improves its record to 13-6 on the campaign. The Hawks host Wildwood (Wildwood, FL) to confront the Wildcats in a non-league challenge on Monday, January 24. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a record of 8-12. Wildwood won 78-60 in their recent non-league challenge against South Sumter (Bushnell, FL)

Next up, the Hornets confront the Tenoroc Titans (Lakeland, FL) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 21. Haines City will attempt to improve on its 7-11 season record. The Titans come into the challenge with a 6-7 record after their 70-65 non-league win over Fort Meade (Fort Meade, FL).