The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Dadeville Bearcats (Dadeville, MO) and the visiting Fair Play Hornets (Fair Play, MO), observed Dadeville's basketball team edge Fair Play by a score of 46-42.

The Bearcats (5-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Everton (Everton, MO). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 0-3 record. In their last challenge, Everton was tipped by Niangua (Niangua, MO), 57-39, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Hornets battle the Golden City Eagles (Golden City, MO) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 13. Fair Play will attempt to improve on its 1-4 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 1-4 record after their 53-39 non-league loss to Northeast Vernon County (Walker, MO).