The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Homewood Patriots (Homewood, AL) and the visiting Parker Thundering Herd (Birmingham, AL), observed Homewood's basketball team overwhelm Parker by a score of 72-35.

The Patriots (18-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Hayden (Hayden, AL). The Wildcats come into the non-league challenge with a 3-16 record. In their last challenge, Hayden was routed by Corner (Warrior, AL), 53-31, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Thundering Herd encounter the Minor Tigers (Adamsville, AL) in a 6A Area 9 challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Parker will attempt to improve on its 2-19 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 7-10 record after their 38-29 league loss to Homewood (Homewood, AL).