The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Mountain Brook Spartans (Birmingham, AL) and the host Clay-Chalkville Cougars (Pinson, AL), observed Mountain Brook's basketball team overwhelm Clay-Chalkville by a score of 55-24.

The Spartans (15-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Huffman (Birmingham, AL). The Vikings come into the 6A Area 10 challenge with a 4-11 record. In their last challenge, Huffman was routed by Woodlawn (Birmingham, AL), 53-41, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars encounter the Gardendale Rockets (Gardendale, AL) in a 6A Area 12 challenge, on Thursday, January 9. Clay-Chalkville will attempt to improve on its 8-8 season record. The Rockets go into the bout with a 14-5 record after their 49-48 league win over Pinson Valley (Pinson, AL).