The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the St. Stanislaus Rock-a-Chaws (Bay St. Louis, MS) and the host West Marion Trojans (Foxworth, MS), observed St. Stanislaus's basketball team edge West Marion by a score of 63-58.

The Rock-a-Chaws (10-5) will now prepare for their challenge against West Harrison (Gulfport, MS). The Hurricanes come into the non-league challenge with a 8-8 record. In their last challenge, West Harrison edged George County (Lucedale, MS), 65-57, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the St. Patrick Fighting Irish (Biloxi, MS) in a 3A Region 8 challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. West Marion will attempt to improve on its 7-9 season record. The Fighting Irish come into the challenge with a 7-12 record after their 45-36 league win over Tylertown (Tylertown, MS).