The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Americas Trail Blazers (El Paso, TX) and the visiting Franklin Cougars (El Paso, TX), observed Americas's basketball team knock off Franklin by a score of 43-33.

The Trail Blazers (5-0) will now prepare for their challenge against El Paso (El Paso, TX). The Tigers come into the non-league challenge with a 1-2 record. In their last challenge, El Paso prevailed over Loretto (El Paso, TX), 55-21, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Cougars encounter the Hanks Knights (El Paso, TX) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, November 16. Franklin will attempt to improve on its 6-3 season record. The Knights come into the challenge with a 0-3 record after their 49-39 non-league loss to Pebble Hills (El Paso, TX).