The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Earle Bulldogs (Earle, AR) and the visiting Crowley's Ridge Academy Falcons (Paragould, AR), observed Earle's basketball team overwhelm Crowley's Ridge Academy by a margin of 51-16.

The Bulldogs (18-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Marked Tree (Marked Tree, AR). The Indians come into the 1A Region 3 challenge with a 17-4 record. In their last challenge, Marked Tree trounced Armorel (Armorel, AR), 67-10, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Falcons battle the Northeast Arkansas Christian Home Educators Eagles (Jonesboro, AR) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 23. Crowley's Ridge Academy will attempt to better on its 3-14 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 0-4 record after their 43-20 non-league loss to Armorel (Armorel, AR).