The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Strom Thurmond Rebels (Johnston, SC) and the visiting Silver Bluff Bulldogs (Aiken, SC), observed Strom Thurmond's basketball team overcome Silver Bluff by a margin of 24-14.

The Rebels (3-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Batesburg-Leesville (Batesburg, SC). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 0-6 record. In their last challenge, Batesburg-Leesville dropped by Ridge Spring-Monetta (Monetta, SC), 49-21, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs battle the Newberry Bulldogs (Newberry, SC) in a AAA Region 4 challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Silver Bluff will attempt to better on its 5-9 season record. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a 4-12 record after their 52-39 non-league loss to Fairfield Central (Winnsboro, SC).