The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Emerson Pirates (Emerson, AR) and the visiting Hampton Bulldogs (Hampton, AR), observed Emerson's basketball team knock off Hampton by a score of 51-41.

The Pirates (10-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Bradley (Bradley, AR). The Bears come into the 1A Region 8 challenge with a 4-5 record. In their last challenge, Bradley dropped by Fouke (Fouke, AR), 70-25, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Bulldogs battle the Smackover Buckaroos (Smackover, AR) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 6. Hampton will attempt to improve on its 7-2 season record.