The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Mount Ida Lions (Mount Ida, AR) and the visiting Kirby Trojans (Kirby, AR), observed Mount Ida's basketball team knock off Kirby by a score of 44-32.

The Lions (6-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Umpire (Umpire, AR). The Wildcats come into the 1A Region 7 challenge with a 3-11 record.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the Nevada Blue Jays (Rosston, AR) in a 1A Region 7 challenge, on Tuesday, December 17. Kirby will attempt to improve on its 6-8 season record. The Blue Jays come into the challenge with a 3-10 record after their 55-32 non-league win over Garrett Memorial Christian (Hope, AR).