The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Earle Bulldogs (Earle, AR) and the visiting Marked Tree Indians (Marked Tree, AR), observed Earle's basketball team edge Marked Tree by a score of 57-51.

The Bulldogs (19-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Armorel (Armorel, AR). The Tigers come into the 1A Region 3 challenge with a 4-15 record. In their last challenge, Armorel was tipped by Crowley's Ridge Academy (Paragould, AR), 34-19, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Indians encounter the Bay Yellowjackets (Bay, AR) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 27. Marked Tree will attempt to improve on its 17-6 season record.