Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Spring Hill Bears (Hope, AR) and the host Hope Bobcats (Hope, AR), saw Spring Hill's basketball squad overcome Hope by a tally of 62-42.

With the victory, Spring Hill improves its record to 6-8 on the campaign. The Bears host Blevins (Blevins, AR) to confront the Hornets in a non-league challenge on Saturday, December 30. The Hornets come into the challenge with a record of 6-12. Blevins lost 72-43 in their recent non-league challenge against Mountain Pine (Mountain Pine, AR)

Next up, the Bobcats confront the Ashdown Panthers (Ashdown, AR) in a 4A Region 7 challenge, on Tuesday, January 2. Hope will attempt to improve on its 0-5 season record.