The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Columbia Christian Crusaders (Magnolia, AR) and the host Lafayette County Cougars (Stamps, AR), observed Columbia Christian's basketball team edge Lafayette County by a margin of 55-50.

The Crusaders (21-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Bradley (Bradley, AR). The Bears come into the 1A Region 8 challenge with a 3-13 record.

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Emerson Pirates (Emerson, AR) in a 1A Region 8 challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Lafayette County will attempt to better on its 13-6 season record. The Pirates come into the challenge with a 7-13 record after their 54-45 league loss to Columbia Christian (Magnolia, AR).