The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Holly Springs Golden Hawks (Holly Springs, NC) and the visiting Middle Creek Mustangs (Apex, NC), observed Holly Springs's basketball team edge Middle Creek by a score of 49-46.

The Golden Hawks (4-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Franklin Academy (Wake Forest, NC). The Patriots come into the non-league challenge with a 5-5 record. In their last challenge, Franklin Academy was tipped by Voyager Academy (Durham, NC), 51-33, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Mustangs encounter the Cleveland Rams (Clayton, NC) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 20. Middle Creek will attempt to improve on its 4-5 season record. The Rams come into the challenge with a 4-3 record after their 76-52 league loss to Fuquay - Varina (Fuquay-Varina, NC).