The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Saraland Spartans (Saraland, AL) and the host Gautier Gators (Gautier, MS), observed Saraland's basketball team knock off Gautier by a score of 55-38.

The Spartans (5-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Elberta (Elberta, AL). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 4-3 record. In their last challenge, Elberta prevailed over Bayshore Christian (Fairhope, AL), 43-29, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Gators encounter the Bay Tigers (Bay St. Louis, MS) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, November 23. Gautier will attempt to improve on its 2-5 season record. The Tigers come into the challenge with a 0-5 record after their 35-33 non-league loss to Long Beach (Long Beach, MS).