The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Kinston Vikings (Kinston, NC) and the visiting James Kenan Tigers (Warsaw, NC), observed Kinston's basketball team overcome James Kenan by a score of 56-44.

The Vikings (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Wallace-Rose Hill (Teachey, NC). The Bulldogs come into the 2A East Central challenge with a 5-2 record.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Clinton Dark Horses (Clinton, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 13. James Kenan will attempt to improve on its 4-4 season record. The Dark Horses come into the challenge with a 2-10 record after their 65-20 league loss to West Bladen (Bladenboro, NC).