In Thursday's non-league outing, the Fort Chiswell Pioneers (Max Meadows, VA) basketball squad nipped the visiting Pulaski County Cougars (Dublin, VA), by a margin of 54-51.

The Pioneers (7-0) will now prepare for their outing against Radford (Radford, VA). The Bobcats go into the non-league outing with a 2-1 record. In their last outing, Radford got by Carroll County (Hillsville, VA), 55-22, in a non-league outing.

The Cougars now own a 5-4 record. They play next when they host Patrick Henry for a non-league outing on Wednesday, January 3. Pulaski County will clash with a Patriots squad coming off a 41-40 non-league loss to Cave Spring (Roanoke, VA). The Patriots record now stands at 2-3.