The Polk County Wildcats basketball team (Benton, TN), was nudged 67-63 in Friday's league battle with the visiting Tellico Plains Bears (Tellico Plains, TN)

The Bears now possess a 7-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Cleveland for a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 19. Tellico Plains will confront a Blue Raiders team coming off a 46-42 non-league loss to Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet (Nashville, TN). The Blue Raiders record now stands at 1-9.

The Wildcats (3-3) will now prepare for their battle against Sequoyah (Madisonville, TN). The Chiefs come into the non-league battle with a 7-3 record.