Fans at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Midland Trail Patriots (Hico, WV) and the host Clay County Panthers (Clay, WV), saw Midland Trail's basketball squad wallop Clay County by a tally of 70-43.

With the victory, Midland Trail improves its record to 10-7 on the campaign. The Patriots travel to River View (Bradshaw, WV) to confront the Raiders in a non-league challenge on Friday, February 10. The Raiders come into the challenge with a record of 8-8. River View won 60-47 in their recent non-league challenge against Summers County (Hinton, WV)

Next up, the Panthers confront the Buffalo Bison (Buffalo, WV) in a Freelance challenge, on Saturday, February 11. Clay County will attempt to improve on its 3-13 season record. The Bison come into the challenge with a 9-8 record after their 51-38 league loss to Charleston Catholic (Charleston, WV).