The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Wilkes Central Eagles (Wilkesboro, NC) and the host East Surry Cardinals (Pilot Mountain, NC), observed Wilkes Central's basketball team overwhelm East Surry by a score of 69-38.

The Eagles (8-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Hibriten (Lenoir, NC). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 1-7 record. In their last challenge, Hibriten was routed by West Caldwell (Lenoir, NC), 56-50, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals encounter the Mount Airy Granite Bears (Mount Airy, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, January 8. East Surry will attempt to improve on its 2-8 season record. The Granite Bears come into the challenge with a 3-4 record after their 38-25 non-league loss to Starmount (Boonville, NC).