The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Athens Academy Spartans (Athens, GA) and the host Oglethorpe County Patriots (Lexington, GA), observed Athens Academy's basketball team edge Oglethorpe County by a score of 46-42.

The Spartans (10-11) will now prepare for their challenge against Commerce (Commerce, GA). The Tigers come into the A D1 Region 8 challenge with a 14-8 record. In their last challenge, Commerce edged Rabun County (Tiger, GA), 67-49, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Patriots encounter the Elbert County Blue Devils (Elberton, GA) in a A D1 Region 8 challenge, on Friday, January 31. Oglethorpe County will attempt to improve on its 1-15 season record. The Blue Devils come into the challenge with a 8-14 record after their 75-71 league loss to Providence Christian Academy (Lilburn, GA).