The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Maplesville Red Devils (Maplesville, AL) and the visiting Verbena Red Devils (Verbena, AL), observed Maplesville's basketball team knock off Verbena by a score of 57-40.

The Red Devils (6-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Thorsby (Thorsby, AL). The Rebels come into the non-league challenge with a 9-9 record. In their last challenge, Thorsby was knocked off by Alabama Christian Academy (Montgomery, AL), 57-42, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Red Devils encounter the Autaugaville Eagles (Autaugaville, AL) in a 1A Area 6 challenge, on Monday, January 13. Verbena will attempt to improve on its 2-8 season record.