The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Valley Springs Tigers (Valley Springs, AR) and the host Alpena Leopards (Alpena, AR), observed Valley Springs's basketball team overwhelm Alpena by a score of 65-43.

The Tigers (1-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Jasper (Jasper, AR). The Pirates come into the non-league challenge with a 3-2 record. In their last challenge, Jasper trounced Shirley (Shirley, AR), 86-30, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Leopards encounter the Kingston Yellowjackets (Kingston, AR) in a 1A Region 1 battle, on Tuesday, November 5. Alpena will attempt to advance on its 0-3 season record. The Yellowjackets enter the battle with a 0-5 record after their 79-35 non-league loss to Bergman (Bergman, AR).