The Harmony Grove Cardinals (Benton, AR) basketball edged the visiting Mineral Springs Hornets (Mineral Springs, AR), 62-57 in Thursday's non-league bout.

The Cardinals now possess a 5-4 record. They play next when they host Baptist Prep for a 3A Region 5 bout on Friday, December 12. Harmony Grove will play a Eagles team coming off a 75-51 league win over Two Rivers (Ola, AR). The Eagles record now stands at 5-4.

The Hornets (3-3) will now prepare for their test against Umpire (Umpire, AR). The Wildcats come into the 1A Region 7 test with a 1-8 record. In their last test, Umpire was nipped by Nevada (Rosston, AR), 64-28, in a league test.