Fans at Saturday's league challenge between the Ozark Catholic Academy Griffins (Springdale, AR) and the host Mulberry Yellowjackets (Mulberry, AR), saw Ozark Catholic Academy's basketball squad hold off Mulberry by a tally of 54-49.

With the victory, Ozark Catholic Academy improves its record to 7-3 on the campaign. The Griffins travel to Magazine (Magazine, AR) to play the Rattlers in a non-league challenge on Friday, December 30. The Rattlers come into the challenge with a record of 3-7. Magazine lost 60-53 in their recent non-league challenge against Scranton (Scranton, AR)

Next up, the Yellowjackets play the Thaden Barnstormer (Bentonville, AR) in a 1A Region 1 West challenge, on Wednesday, December 21. Mulberry will attempt to improve on its 6-5 season record.