The Mountainburg Dragons basketball team (Mountainburg, AR), was nudged 53-46 in Wednesday's non-league battle with the visiting Ozark Catholic Academy Griffins (Springdale, AR)

The Griffins now possess a 12-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to St. Paul for a 1A Region 1 West battle on Monday, December 4. Ozark Catholic Academy will confront a Saints team coming off a 68-40 league loss to Mulberry (Mulberry, AR). The Saints record now stands at 6-3.

The Dragons (1-3) will now prepare for their battle against Thaden (Bentonville, AR). The Barnstormer come into the non-league battle with a 0-7 record. In their last battle, Thaden was nudged by Scranton (Scranton, AR), 61-43, in a non-league battle.