The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Tushka Tigers (Atoka, OK) and the host Stringtown Tigers (Stringtown, OK), observed Tushka's basketball team edge Stringtown by a score of 44-39.

The Tigers (8-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Dickson (Ardmore, OK). The Comets come into the non-league challenge with a 1-6 record.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Colbert Leopards (Colbert, OK) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Stringtown will attempt to improve on its 9-2 season record. The Leopards come into the challenge with a 3-6 record after their 44-37 league loss to Rock Creek (Bokchito, OK).