Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Brookland Bearcats (Brookland, AR) and the visiting Heber Springs Panthers (Heber Springs, AR), saw Brookland's basketball squad hold off Heber Springs by a tally of 51-47.

With the victory, Brookland improves its record to 23-2 on the campaign. The Bearcats travel to Clinton (Clinton, AR) to confront the Yellowjackets in a non-league challenge on Friday, February 23. The Yellowjackets come into the challenge with a record of 21-9. Clinton won 44-41 in their recent non-league challenge against Highland (Hardy, AR)