The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Fort Chiswell Pioneers (Max Meadows, VA) and the host Galax Maroon Tide (Galax, VA), observed Fort Chiswell's basketball team knock off Galax by a score of 55-44.

In their next game, the Maroon Tide encounter the Bland County Bears (Rocky Gap, VA) in a Mountain Empire challenge, on Saturday, February 22. Galax will attempt to improve on its 17-3 season record. The Bears come into the challenge with a 15-8 record after their 58-40 league loss to George Wythe (Wytheville, VA).