The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Athens Hornets (Athens, TX) and the visiting Harleton Wildcats (Harleton, TX), observed Athens's basketball squad hold off Harleton by a count of 56-55.

With the victory, Athens advances its record to 2-1 on the year. The Hornets travel to Arp (Arp, TX) to face the Tigers in a non-league match on Friday, November 14. The Tigers enter the match with a record of 3-0. Arp won 52-28 in their recent non-league match against Alto (Alto, TX)

The Wildcats now own a 2-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Carlisle for a non-league match on Friday, November 14. Harleton will battle a Indians team coming off a 42-15 non-league loss to Arp (Arp, TX). The Indians record now stands at 0-1.