Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Mountain Grove Panthers (Mountain Grove, MO) and the host Fordland Eagles (Fordland, MO), saw Mountain Grove's basketball squad hold off Fordland by a tally of 55-50.

With the victory, Mountain Grove improves its record to 3-0 on the campaign. The Panthers travel to Hartville (Hartville, MO) to play the Eagles in a non-league challenge on Monday, December 4. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 1-1. Hartville lost 43-22 in their recent league challenge against Fordland (Fordland, MO)

Next up, the Eagles play the Seymour Tigers (Seymour, MO) in a Summit challenge, on Thursday, December 7. Fordland will attempt to improve on its 3-1 season record.