The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Hillcrest Screamin Eagles (Strawberry, AR) and the visiting KIPP Blytheville Thunder (Blytheville, AR), observed Hillcrest's basketball team overwhelm KIPP Blytheville by a score of 69-24.

The Screamin Eagles (8-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Marked Tree (Marked Tree, AR). The Indians come into the 1A Region 3 challenge with a 3-0 record. In their last challenge, Marked Tree trounced East Poinsett County (Lepanto, AR), 44-41, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Thunder encounter the West Memphis Christian Black Knights (West Memphis, AR) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, December 19. KIPP Blytheville will attempt to improve on its 1-11 season record.