Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the Mountain Pine Red Devils (Mountain Pine, AR) and the host St. Joseph Bulldogs (Conway, AR), saw Mountain Pine's basketball squad hold off St. Joseph by a tally of 45-44.

With the victory, Mountain Pine improves its record to 16-9 on the campaign. The Red Devils host Cutter-Morning Star (Hot Springs National Park, AR) to play the Eagles in a 2A Region 5 challenge on Friday, January 26. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 10-10. Cutter-Morning Star won 44-21 in their recent league challenge against Magnet Cove (Malvern, AR)

Next up, the Bulldogs play the Conway Christian Eagles (Conway, AR) in a 2A Region 5 challenge, on Friday, January 26. St. Joseph will attempt to improve on its 9-8 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 10-8 record after their 33-30 league loss to Bigelow (Bigelow, AR).