Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Northside Patriots (Columbus, GA) and the visiting Drew (Riverdale, GA), saw Northside's basketball squad hold off Drew by a tally of 73-66.

With the victory, Northside improves its record to 2-9 on the campaign. The Patriots travel to Hardaway (Columbus, GA) to confront the Hawks in a non-league challenge on Saturday, January 6. The Hawks come into the challenge with a record of 9-6. Hardaway lost 54-53 in their recent league challenge against Cairo (Cairo, GA)

Next up, the confront the Alcovy Tigers (Covington, GA) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 6. Drew will attempt to improve on its 1-10 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 11-5 record after their 73-71 league loss to Lovejoy (Lovejoy, GA).