Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Mammoth Spring Bears (Mammoth Spring, AR) and the visiting Highland Rebels (Hardy, AR), saw Mammoth Spring's basketball squad hold off Highland by a tally of 64-58.

With the victory, Mammoth Spring improves its record to 15-2 on the campaign. The Bears host Izard County (Brockwell, AR) to confront the Cougars in a non-league challenge on Saturday, December 16. The Cougars come into the challenge with a record of 4-4. Izard County lost 62-48 in their recent league challenge against Sloan-Hendrix (Imboden, AR)

Next up, the Rebels confront the Forrest City Mustangs (Forrest City, AR) in a 4A Region 3 challenge, on Monday, December 18. Highland will attempt to improve on its 6-5 season record.