The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Anderson-Shiro Fighting Owls (Anderson, TX) and the host Onalaska Wildcats (Onalaska, TX), observed Anderson-Shiro's basketball team overwhelm Onalaska by a score of 59-29.

The Fighting Owls (11-12) will now prepare for their challenge against New Waverly (New Waverly, TX). The Bulldogs come into the 3A Region III District 23 challenge with a 22-5 record. In their last challenge, New Waverly trounced Trinity (Trinity, TX), 38-26, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats battle the Coldspring-Oakhurst Trojans (Coldspring, TX) in a 3A Region III District 23 challenge, on Friday, January 24. Onalaska will attempt to improve on its 9-20 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 9-9 record after their 39-29 league win over Crockett (Crockett, TX).