Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Grain Valley Eagles (Grain Valley, MO) and the host Cabot Panthers (Cabot, AR), saw Grain Valley's basketball squad overcome Cabot by a tally of 69-50.

With the victory, Grain Valley improves its record to 10-2 on the campaign. The Eagles travel to Republic (Republic, MO) to play the Tigers in a non-league challenge on Friday, December 30. The Tigers come into the challenge with a record of 3-0. Republic won 59-30 in their recent non-league challenge against Lebanon (Lebanon, MO)

Next up, the Panthers play the Jonesboro Hurricane (Jonesboro, AR) in a 6A Central challenge, on Wednesday, January 4. Cabot will attempt to improve on its 10-1 season record. The Hurricane come into the challenge with a 4-6 record after their 46-41 non-league loss to Rolla (Rolla, MO).