The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Eastland Mavericks (Eastland, TX) and the visiting Tolar Rattlers (Tolar, TX), observed Eastland's basketball team edge Tolar by a margin of 55-50.

The Mavericks (10-14) will now prepare for their challenge against Early (Early, TX). The Longhorns come into the 3A Region I District 8 challenge with a 17-11 record. In their last challenge, Early edged Breckenridge (Breckenridge, TX), 64-43, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Rattlers battle the Peaster Greyhounds (Peaster, TX) in a 3A Region I District 8 challenge, on Tuesday, January 28. Tolar will attempt to better on its 20-9 season record.