The crowd at Monday's league challenge between the Lamar Warriors (Lamar, AR) and the host Booneville Bearcats (Booneville, AR), observed Lamar's basketball team edge Booneville by a score of 72-67.

The Warriors (5-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Acorn (Mena, AR). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-5 record. In their last challenge, Acorn was nudged by Ozark (Ozark, AR), 72-37, in a non-league battle.

The Bearcats now own a 1-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Ozark for a non-league battle on Wednesday, December 4. Booneville will meet a Hillbillies squad coming off a 72-37 non-league win over Acorn (Mena, AR). The Hillbillies record now stands at 7-2.