The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Maplesville Red Devils (Maplesville, AL) and the visiting Verbena Red Devils (Verbena, AL), observed Maplesville's basketball team overwhelm Verbena by a score of 71-26.

The Red Devils (10-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Breakthrough Charter (Marion, AL). The come into the 1A Area 7 challenge with a 2-9 record. In their last challenge, Breakthrough Charter was routed by Billingsley (Billingsley, AL), 66-46, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Red Devils encounter the Autaugaville Eagles (Autaugaville, AL) in a 1A Area 6 challenge, on Thursday, January 23. Verbena will attempt to improve on its 4-11 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 5-11 record after their 50-21 league loss to Autauga Academy (Prattville, AL).