The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Academy of Richmond County Musketeers (Augusta, GA) and the host Hephzibah Rebels (Hephzibah, GA), observed Academy of Richmond County's basketball team nip Hephzibah by a tally of 52-49.

The Musketeers now possess a 3-6 record. They play next when they travel to Baldwin for a AAA Region 4 bout on Tuesday, December 17. Academy of Richmond County will play a Braves team coming off a 45-42 league loss to Cross Creek (Augusta, GA). The Braves record now stands at 4-2.

With the loss, Hephzibah falls to 2-6 on the campaign. The Rebels host Lincoln County (Lincolnton, GA) to play the Red Devils in a non-league bout on Saturday, December 14. The Red Devils go into the bout with a record of 1-1. Lincoln County won 58-54 in their recent non-league bout against Evans (Evans, GA)