The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Pass Christian Pirates (Pass Christian, MS) and the visiting Poplarville Hornets (Poplarville, MS), observed Pass Christian's basketball team overwhelm Poplarville by a score of 75-19.

The Pirates (9-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Pascagoula (Pascagoula, MS). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 11-2 record. In their last challenge, Pascagoula was routed by D'Iberville (D'Iberville, MS), 50-40, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hornets encounter the Greene County Wildcats (Leakesville, MS) in a 4A Region 8 challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Poplarville will attempt to improve on its 0-10 season record. The Wildcats come into the challenge with a 9-9 record after their 47-38 non-league loss to Hancock (Kiln, MS).