The crowd at Tuesday's league challenge between the Midlothian Panthers (Midlothian, TX) and the visiting Crandall Pirates (Crandall, TX), observed Midlothian's basketball team knock off Crandall by a score of 57-44.

The Panthers (15-11) will now prepare for their challenge against Terrell (Terrell, TX). The Tigers come into the 5A Region II District 15 challenge with a 12-14 record. In their last challenge, Terrell was knocked off by Kaufman (Kaufman, TX), 52-34, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Pirates encounter the Red Oak Hawks (Red Oak, TX) in a 5A Region II District 15 challenge, on Friday, January 10. Crandall will attempt to improve on its 12-13 season record. The Hawks come into the challenge with a 12-11 record after their 60-18 league win over Corsicana (Corsicana, TX).