Fans at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Highlands Highlanders (Highlands, NC) and the host Nantahala Hawks (Topton, NC), saw Highlands's basketball squad knock off Nantahala by a tally of 51-36.

With the victory, Highlands improves its record to 8-16 on the campaign. The Highlanders travel to Hiwassee Dam (Murphy, NC) to play the Eagles in a 1A Little Smoky challenge on Thursday, February 22. The Eagles come into the challenge with a record of 9-15. Hiwassee Dam won 86-41 in their recent non-league challenge against Blue Ridge Early College (Cashiers, NC)