In Friday's league outing, the Irion County Hornets (Mertzon, TX) basketball squad overwhelmed the visiting Veribest Falcons (Veribest, TX), by a margin of 72-40.

The Hornets (10-1) will now prepare for their outing against Blackwell (Blackwell, TX). The Hornets go into the 1A Region II District 11 outing with a 6-6 record. In their last outing, Blackwell smashed Robert Lee (Robert Lee, TX), 38-35, in a league outing.

The Falcons now own a 8-12 record. They play next when they travel to Bronte for a 1A Region II District 11 outing on Tuesday, January 24. Veribest will clash with a Longhorns squad coming off a 43-28 league loss to Garden City (Garden City, TX). The Longhorns record now stands at 13-7.