The Sale Creek Panthers basketball squad (Sale Creek, TN), was crushed 68-40 in Monday's non-league battle with the visiting Soddy Daisy Trojans (Soddy Daisy, TN)

With the victory, Soddy Daisy advances its record to 6-2 on the year. The Trojans travel to Red Bank (Chattanooga, TN) to meet the Lions in a 3A District 6 battle on Tuesday, January 7. The Lions enter the battle with a record of 8-0.

The Panthers now own a 2-6 record. They put it on the line next when they host Van Buren County for a non-league battle on Tuesday, December 17. Sale Creek will meet a Eagles squad coming off a 68-60 non-league loss to Marion County (Jasper, TN). The Eagles record now stands at 3-3.