The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Walnut Ridge Bobcats (Walnut Ridge, AR) and the visiting Osceola Seminoles (Osceola, AR), observed Walnut Ridge's basketball team edge Osceola by a score of 40-37.

The Bobcats (4-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Newport (Newport, AR). The Greyhounds come into the 3A Region 3 challenge with a 6-5 record.

In their next game, the Seminoles encounter the Harrisburg Hornets (Harrisburg, AR) in a 3A Region 3 challenge, on Thursday, December 19. Osceola will attempt to improve on its 1-5 season record. The Hornets come into the challenge with a 6-3 record after their 63-36 non-league win over Armorel (Armorel, AR).