The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Columbus Cardinals (Columbus, TX) and the host Anderson-Shiro Fighting Owls (Anderson, TX), observed Columbus's basketball team edge Anderson-Shiro by a score of 46-40.

The Cardinals (3-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Marlin (Marlin, TX). The Bulldogs enter the non-league battle with a 4-0 record. In their last battle, Marlin tipped Bremond (Bremond, TX), 38-37, in a non-league battle.

The Fighting Owls now own a 2-3 record. They put it on the line next when they host Franklin for a non-league battle on Friday, November 21. Anderson-Shiro will meet a Lions squad coming off a 36-31 non-league loss to Columbus (Columbus, TX). The Lions record now stands at 4-1.