The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Southside Sharks (Youngsville, LA) and the host Kaplan Pirates (Kaplan, LA), observed Southside's basketball team overcome Kaplan by a margin of 56-39.

The Sharks (7-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Acadiana (Lafayette, LA). The Rams come into the non-league challenge with a 4-14 record. In their last challenge, Acadiana dropped by Opelousas (Opelousas, LA), 64-35, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates battle the Gueydan Bears (Gueydan, LA) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 9. Kaplan will attempt to better on its 6-12 season record. The Bears come into the challenge with a 0-15 record after their 51-20 non-league loss to Hackberry (Hackberry, LA).