Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Deer Antlers (Deer, AR) and the visiting Mount Judea Eagles (Mount Judea, AR), saw Deer's basketball squad hold off Mount Judea by a count of 68-67.

With the victory, Deer upgrades its record to 1-8 on the campaign. The Antlers travel to Kingston (Kingston, AR) to play the Yellowjackets in a 1A Region 1 East challenge on Tuesday, December 5. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a record of 6-4.

Next up, the Eagles play the Alpena Leopards (Alpena, AR) in a 1A Region 1 East challenge, on Tuesday, December 12. Mount Judea will attempt to upgrade on its 0-7 season record.