Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Stringer Red Devils (Stringer, MS) and the host Taylorsville Tartars (Taylorsville, MS), saw Stringer's basketball squad overcome Taylorsville by a tally of 73-64.

With the victory, Stringer improves its record to 9-5 on the campaign. The Red Devils travel to Leake County (Walnut Grove, MS) to confront the Gators in a non-league challenge on Friday, December 23. The Gators come into the challenge with a record of 8-6. Leake County lost 64-55 in their recent non-league challenge against Newton (Newton, MS)

Next up, the Tartars confront the Mount Olive Pirates (Mount Olive, MS) in a 1A Region 7 challenge, on Friday, January 6. Taylorsville will attempt to improve on its 0-3 season record.