The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Great Mills Hornets (Great Mills, MD) and the host Chopticon Braves (Morganza, MD), observed Great Mills's basketball team edge Chopticon by a score of 40-35.

The Hornets (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Calvert (Prince Frederick, MD). The Cavaliers come into the non-league challenge with a 0-1 record. In their last challenge, Calvert was tipped by Northern (Owings, MD), 39-38, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Braves encounter the Westlake Wolverines (Waldorf, MD) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, December 9. Chopticon will attempt to improve on its 1-1 season record.