The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Hayden Wildcats (Hayden, AL) and the visiting Corner Yellow Jackets (Warrior, AL), observed Hayden's basketball team knock off Corner by a score of 79-65.

The Wildcats (17-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Homewood (Homewood, AL). The Patriots come into the non-league challenge with a 16-10 record. In their last challenge, Homewood prevailed over Parker (Birmingham, AL), 78-57, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Yellow Jackets encounter the Curry Yellowjackets (Jasper, AL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 27. Corner will attempt to improve on its 15-13 season record. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a 2-19 record after their 52-31 non-league loss to Cordova (Cordova, AL).