The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Alcoa Tornadoes (Alcoa, TN) and the host Pigeon Forge Tigers (Pigeon Forge, TN), observed Alcoa's basketball team knock off Pigeon Forge by a score of 56-37.

The Tornadoes (13-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Greeneville (Greeneville, TN). The Greene Devils come into the non-league challenge with a 10-9 record. In their last challenge, Greeneville prevailed over Volunteer (Church Hill, TN), 41-38, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Seymour Eagles (Seymour, TN) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 24. Pigeon Forge will attempt to improve on its 9-9 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 11-6 record after their 49-33 league loss to Fulton (Knoxville, TN).