The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Sanderson Eagles (Sanderson, TX) and the host Grandfalls-Royalty Cowboys (Grandfalls, TX), observed Sanderson's basketball team knock off Grandfalls-Royalty by a score of 61-41.

The Eagles (5-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Buena Vista (Imperial, TX). The Longhorns come into the 1A Region II District 10 challenge with a 2-7 record.

In their next game, the Cowboys encounter the Rankin Red Devils (Rankin, TX) in a 1A Region II District 10 challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Grandfalls-Royalty will attempt to improve on its 1-5 season record. The Red Devils come into the challenge with a 0-8 record after their 57-26 non-league loss to Klondike (Lamesa, TX).