The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Ore City Rebels (Ore City, TX) and the visiting Big Sandy Wildcats (Big Sandy, TX), observed Ore City's basketball team edge Big Sandy by a score of 40-36.

The Rebels (2-23) will now prepare for their challenge against Linden-Kildare (Linden, TX). The Tigers come into the 2A Region III District 21 challenge with a 7-9 record.

In their next game, the Wildcats encounter the McLeod Longhorns (McLeod, TX) in a 2A Region III District 21 challenge, on Friday, January 24. Big Sandy will attempt to improve on its 3-16 season record.