Fans at Friday's league challenge between the DeRidder Dragons (DeRidder, LA) and the host Leesville Wampus Cats (Leesville, LA), saw DeRidder's basketball squad hold off Leesville by a count of 60-58.

With the victory, DeRidder upgrades its record to 11-13 on the campaign. The Dragons travel to Grant (Dry Prong, LA) to play the Cougars in a non-league challenge on Tuesday, February 13. The Cougars come into the challenge with a record of 6-22. Grant won 55-49 in their recent non-league challenge against Montgomery (Montgomery, LA)

Next up, the Wampus Cats play the Washington-Marion Charging Indians (Lake Charles, LA) in a 4A District 3 challenge, on Monday, February 12. Leesville will attempt to upgrade on its 13-14 season record.