The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Rural Special Rebels (Fox, AR) and the host Norfork Panthers (Norfork, AR), observed Rural Special's basketball team overwhelm Norfork by a score of 61-29.

The Rebels (16-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Concord (Concord, AR). The Pirates come into the 1A Region 2 challenge with a 5-12 record. In their last challenge, Concord trounced Shirley (Shirley, AR), 77-13, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Panthers battle the Shirley Blue Devils (Shirley, AR) in a 1A Region 2 challenge, on Thursday, December 19. Norfork will attempt to improve on its 7-7 season record.