The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Grissom Tigers (Huntsville, AL) and the visiting Hazel Green Trojans (Hazel Green, AL), observed Grissom's basketball team edge Hazel Green by a score of 49-47.

The Tigers (7-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Buckhorn (New Market, AL). The Bucks come into the non-league challenge with a 11-4 record. In their last challenge, Buckhorn edged Florence (Florence, AL), 61-45, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Trojans encounter the Lee Generals (Huntsville, AL) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 27. Hazel Green will attempt to improve on its 11-7 season record. The Generals come into the challenge with a 2-11 record after their 63-52 non-league loss to Sparkman (Harvest, AL).