The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Fuquay - Varina Bengals (Fuquay-Varina, NC) and the visiting Southeast Raleigh Bulldogs (Raleigh, NC), observed Fuquay - Varina's basketball team overcome Southeast Raleigh by a margin of 67-54.

The Bengals (11-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Garner (Garner, NC). The Trojans come into the challenge with a 9-1 record. In their last challenge, Garner defeated Clayton (Clayton, NC), 61-34, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs battle the Clayton Comets (Clayton, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Southeast Raleigh will attempt to better on its 3-4 season record. The Comets go into the bout with a 4-3 record after their 61-34 non-league loss to Garner (Garner, NC).