The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Green City Gophers (Green City, MO) and the host Atlanta Hornets (Atlanta, MO), witnessed Green City's basketball squad run past Atlanta by a count of 38-26.

With the victory, Green City advances its record to 2-0 on the year. The Gophers travel to La Plata (La Plata, MO) to face the Bulldogs in a non-league match on Saturday, December 6. The Bulldogs enter the match with a record of 2-0. La Plata won 43-35 in their recent non-league match against Grundy County/Newtown-Harris (Galt, MO)

The Hornets now own a 0-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Bucklin-Macon County for a Tri-County - Northeast match on Monday, December 8. Atlanta will battle a Bulldogs team coming off a 54-42 non-league loss to Higbee (Higbee, MO). The Bulldogs record now stands at 1-2.