The crowd at Monday's non-league challenge between the Raymond Rangers (Raymond, MS) and the visiting Pass Christian Pirates (Pass Christian, MS), observed Raymond's basketball team edge Pass Christian by a score of 43-40.

The Rangers (12-5) will now prepare for their challenge against Laurel (Laurel, MS). The Golden Tornadoes come into the non-league challenge with a 8-7 record. In their last challenge, Laurel edged Taylorsville (Taylorsville, MS), 85-10, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates encounter the Poplarville Hornets (Poplarville, MS) in a 4A Region 8 challenge, on Friday, January 3. Pass Christian will attempt to improve on its 8-6 season record.