The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Slidell Greyhounds (Slidell, TX) and the host Era Hornets (Era, TX), observed Slidell's basketball team overcome Era by a score of 48-39.

The Greyhounds (22-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Tioga (Tioga, TX). The Bulldogs come into the 2A Region II District 13 challenge with a 5-18 record. In their last challenge, Tioga dropped by Lindsay (Lindsay, TX), 66-27, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Hornets battle the Muenster Hornets (Muenster, TX) in a 2A Region II District 13 challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Era will attempt to improve on its 12-16 season record. The Hornets come into the challenge with a 25-7 record after their 41-24 league win over Chico (Chico, TX).