In Thursday's non-league outing, the Colbert Heights Wildcats (Tuscumbia, AL) basketball squad nipped the host Cherokee Indians (Cherokee, AL), by a margin of 60-56.

The Wildcats (10-7) will now prepare for their outing against Colbert County (Leighton, AL). The Indians go into the 3A Area 15 outing with a 10-5 record. In their last outing, Colbert County got by Phillips (Bear Creek, AL), 91-45, in a non-league outing.

The Indians now own a 7-10 record. They play next when they host Waterloo for a 1A Area 16 outing on Friday, January 5. Cherokee will encounter a Cougars squad coming off a 78-45 non-league loss to Tharptown (Russellville, AL). The Cougars record now stands at 2-10.