The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Manvel Mavericks (Manvel, TX) and the visiting Shadow Creek Sharks (Pearland, TX), observed Manvel's basketball team edge Shadow Creek by a score of 61-58.

The Mavericks (23-7) will now prepare for their challenge against Pearland (Pearland, TX). The Oilers come into the 6A Region III District 22 challenge with a 24-6 record. In their last challenge, Pearland edged Alvin (Alvin, TX), 72-12, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Sharks encounter the Dawson Eagles (Pearland, TX) in a 6A Region III District 22 challenge, on Wednesday, January 22. Shadow Creek will attempt to improve on its 21-9 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 26-4 record after their 81-28 league win over Pasadena Memorial (Pasadena, TX).