The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Stuttgart Ricebirds (Stuttgart, AR) and the visiting McGehee Owls (McGehee, AR), observed Stuttgart's basketball team knock off McGehee by a score of 83-68.

The Ricebirds (8-3) will now prepare for their challenge against DeWitt (DeWitt, AR). The Dragons come into the non-league challenge with a 4-6 record. In their last challenge, DeWitt prevailed over Brinkley (Brinkley, AR), 64-59, in a non-league challenge.

The Owls now own a 6-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Brinkley for a non-league battle on Friday, December 20. McGehee will meet a Tigers squad coming off a 64-59 non-league loss to DeWitt (DeWitt, AR). The Tigers record now stands at 5-3.