The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Plain Dealing Lions (Plain Dealing, LA) and the visiting Byrd Yellow Jackets (Shreveport, LA), observed Plain Dealing's basketball team edge Byrd by a score of 33-28.

The Lions (9-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Bossier (Bossier City, LA). The Bearkats come into the non-league challenge with a 6-15 record. In their last challenge, Bossier edged Haynesville (Haynesville, LA), 61-30, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Yellow Jackets encounter the Natchitoches Central Chiefs (Natchitoches, LA) in a 5A District 1 challenge, on Tuesday, January 21. Byrd will attempt to improve on its 2-17 season record. The Chiefs come into the challenge with a 18-2 record after their 50-45 league loss to Haughton (Haughton, LA).