The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Alba-Golden Panthers (Alba, TX) and the host Cross Roads Bobcats (Malakoff, TX), observed Alba-Golden's basketball team edge Cross Roads by a margin of 44-41.

The Panthers (7-16) will now prepare for their challenge against Frankston (Frankston, TX). The Indians come into the 2A Region III District 19 challenge with a 20-11 record. In their last challenge, Frankston was tipped by LaPoynor (LaRue, TX), 78-73, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Bobcats battle the Martins Mill Mustangs (Ben Wheeler, TX) in a 2A Region III District 19 challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Cross Roads will attempt to better on its 4-17 season record. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a 28-1 record after their 76-31 league win over Fruitvale (Fruitvale, TX).