Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the South Paulding Spartans (Douglasville, GA) and the visiting Newnan Cougars (Newnan, GA), saw South Paulding's basketball squad hold off Newnan by a tally of 53-46.

With the victory, South Paulding improves its record to 16-8 on the campaign. The Spartans host Alexander (Douglasville, GA) to confront the Cougars in a AAAAAA Region 5 challenge on Thursday, February 8. The Cougars come into the challenge with a record of 22-2. Alexander won 67-44 in their recent league challenge against Langston Hughes (Fairburn, GA)