The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Dan River Wildcats (Ringgold, VA) and the visiting Patrick County Cougars (Stuart, VA), observed Dan River's basketball team edge Patrick County by a margin of 65-63.

The Wildcats (4-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Tunstall (Dry Fork, VA). The Trojans come into the non-league challenge with a 1-4 record. In their last challenge, Tunstall was tipped by Gretna (Gretna, VA), 58-36, in a non-league challenge.

Coming up next, the Cougars play the Glenvar Highlanders (Salem, VA) in a non-league bout, on Tuesday, January 7. Patrick County will attempt to move on its 0-4 season record. The Highlanders go into the bout with a 4-0 record after their 75-30 non-league win over Auburn (Riner, VA).