Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Cedartown Bulldogs (Cedartown, GA) and the visiting East Paulding Raiders (Dallas, GA), saw Cedartown's basketball squad hold off East Paulding by a tally of 41-36.

With the victory, Cedartown improves its record to 5-8 on the campaign. The Bulldogs travel to Heritage (Ringgold, GA) to confront the Generals in a AAAA Region 7 challenge on Tuesday, January 9. The Generals come into the challenge with a record of 11-4. Heritage won 63-32 in their recent league challenge against Central (Carrollton, GA)

Next, the Raiders encounter the Alexander Cougars (Douglasville, GA) in a AAAAAA Region 5 outing, on Tuesday, January 9. East Paulding will attempt to advance on its 2-12 season record. The Cougars go into the outing with a 8-6 record after their 57-35 non-league loss to Cartersville (Cartersville, GA).