The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Alba-Golden Panthers (Alba, TX) and the host Fruitvale Bobcats (Fruitvale, TX), observed Alba-Golden's basketball team knock off Fruitvale by a score of 54-39.

The Panthers (4-13) will now prepare for their challenge against Cross Roads (Malakoff, TX). The Bobcats come into the 2A Region III District 19 challenge with a 4-10 record. In their last challenge, Cross Roads was knocked off by LaPoynor (LaRue, TX), 72-25, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bobcats encounter the Martins Mill Mustangs (Ben Wheeler, TX) in a 2A Region III District 19 challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Fruitvale will attempt to improve on its 13-6 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 20-1 record after their 76-41 league win over Alba-Golden (Alba, TX).