The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Sloan-Hendrix Greyhounds (Imboden, AR) and the host Izard County Cougars (Brockwell, AR), observed Sloan-Hendrix's basketball team edge Izard County by a margin of 52-45.

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

In their next game, the Cougars battle the Cedar Ridge Timberwolves (Newark, AR) in a 2A Region 2 challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Izard County will attempt to better on its 4-2 season record. The Timberwolves come into the challenge with a 4-5 record after their 60-37 league loss to Tuckerman (Tuckerman, AR).