The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Natchitoches Central Chiefs (Natchitoches, LA) and the host Airline Vikings (Bossier City, LA), observed Natchitoches Central's basketball team knock off Airline by a score of 68-57.

The Chiefs (24-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Oak Hill (Hineston, LA). The Rams come into the non-league challenge with a 19-15 record. In their last challenge, Oak Hill prevailed over Monterey (Monterey, LA), 69-25, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Vikings encounter the Huntington Raiders (Shreveport, LA) in a 5A District 1 challenge, on Tuesday, February 18. Airline will attempt to improve on its 18-17 season record. The Raiders come into the challenge with a 20-8 record after their 66-59 league win over Haughton (Haughton, LA).