The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Newkirk Tigers (Newkirk, OK) and the host Tonkawa Buccaneers (Tonkawa, OK), observed Newkirk's basketball team knock off Tonkawa by a score of 46-37.

The Tigers (10-11) will now prepare for their challenge against Blackwell (Blackwell, OK). The Maroons come into the 89er - West challenge with a 7-9 record. In their last challenge, Blackwell was knocked off by Cashion (Cashion, OK), 54-32, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Buccaneers encounter the Alva Goldbugs (Alva, OK) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, February 4. Tonkawa will attempt to improve on its 6-13 season record. The Goldbugs come into the challenge with a 17-3 record after their 63-44 non-league win over Woodward (Woodward, OK).