The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Little River Academy Bumblebees (Little River Academy, TX) and the host Thrall Tigers (Thrall, TX), observed Little River Academy's basketball team knock off Thrall by a score of 60-52.

The Bumblebees (3-14) will now prepare for their challenge against Rogers (Rogers, TX). The Eagles come into the 3A Region III District 19 challenge with a 9-9 record. In their last challenge, Rogers was knocked off by Rockdale (Rockdale, TX), 60-58, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers encounter the Franklin Lions (Franklin, TX) in a 3A Region III District 19 challenge, on Tuesday, January 14. Thrall will attempt to improve on its 3-20 season record. The Lions come into the challenge with a 8-5 record after their 77-37 league win over Little River Academy (Little River Academy, TX).