The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Cotter Warriors (Cotter, AR) and the visiting Calico Rock Pirates (Calico Rock, AR), observed Cotter's basketball team knock off Calico Rock by a score of 59-43.

The Warriors (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Alpena (Alpena, AR). The Leopards come into the non-league challenge with a 1-4 record. In their last challenge, Alpena dropped by Kingston (Kingston, AR), 54-44, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates encounter the Norfork Panthers (Norfork, AR) in a 1A Region 2 challenge, on Monday, November 4. Calico Rock will attempt to improve on its 2-2 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 63-44 non-league win over Buffalo Island Central (Monette, AR).