The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Locust Fork Hornets (Locust Fork, AL) and the host Pennington Tigers (Blountsville, AL), observed Locust Fork's basketball team knock off Pennington by a score of 76-57.

The Hornets (13-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Hanceville (Hanceville, AL). The Bulldogs come into the 3A Area 11 challenge with a 7-12 record. In their last challenge, Hanceville prevailed over Vinemont (Vinemont, AL), 57-55, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Appalachian Eagles (Oneonta, AL) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 13. Pennington will attempt to improve on its 10-7 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 5-12 record after their 54-40 non-league loss to Cleveland (Cleveland, AL).