The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Ore City Rebels (Ore City, TX) and the host McLeod Longhorns (McLeod, TX), observed Ore City's basketball team edge McLeod by a score of 53-49.

The Rebels (13-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Union Grove (Gladewater, TX). The Lions come into the 2A Region III District 21 challenge with a 18-13 record. In their last challenge, Union Grove edged Linden-Kildare (Linden, TX), 80-28, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Longhorns encounter the Union Grove Lions (Gladewater, TX) in a 2A Region III District 21 challenge, on Friday, February 7. McLeod will attempt to improve on its 13-21 season record.