The crowd at Wednesday's non-league challenge between the Natchitoches Central Chiefs (Natchitoches, LA) and the host Southwood Cowboys (Shreveport, LA), observed Natchitoches Central's basketball team edge Southwood by a score of 58-51.

The Chiefs (25-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Airline (Bossier City, LA). The Vikings come into the 5A District 1 challenge with a 17-7 record. In their last challenge, Airline was tipped by Benton (Benton, LA), 61-44, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cowboys battle the Minden Crimson Tide (Minden, LA) in a 4A District 1 challenge, on Friday, February 14. Southwood will attempt to improve on its 21-10 season record. The Crimson Tide come into the challenge with a 13-11 record after their 53-52 league loss to Northwood (Shreveport, LA).